New Delhi: August 5 holds significant historical importance across various events that have shaped the world. On this day in 2020, PM Modi used silver brick to lay the foundation stone of Ram Mandir. The day also marks the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, a significant political event that altered the autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir.
Below is the list of important events that happened on 5 August
- Article 370 revoked from the Indian Constitution
- PM Modi uses silver brick to lay the foundation stone of Ram Mandir in 2020
- Birth anniversary of astronaut Neil Armstrong
- Birth anniversary of banker Raja MA Muthiah Chettiar
- Birth anniversary of actor Kajol
- Birth anniversary of film financier Bharath Shah
- Justice Leila Seth became the first Indian woman to become the Chief Justice of the High Court in 1991
- Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan was arrested from Lahore on August 5, 2023, after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts.
- Start of second war with Pakistan in 1965
- Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey in 1100
- A car bomb exploded in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150 in 2003
- In 1861, Lincoln imposed the first federal income tax
- Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: On August 5, 1963, after more than eight years of difficult negotiations, the United States, the Kingdom, and the Soviet Union signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty