5 January in Indian history: Know about January 5 special day in India, famous birthdays, events
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January 5 famous birthdays in India – Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 5 January
1934-Murli Manohar Joshi, Indian politician.
1952-Sushil Kumar Modi, Indian politician from the BJP and member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha.
1955-Mamata Banerjee, Indian politician serving as the 8th and current chief minister of West Bengal.
1960-Rajan Bharti Mittal, first-generation Indian entrepreneur serving as vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises.
1962-Yogesh Kumar Joshi, current general officer commanding-in-chief Northern Command.
1973-Uday Chopra, Bollywood actor, producer, screenwriter and assistant director.
1976-Ganja Karuppu, Indian film actor who has appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema.
1992-Kshetrimayum Malemnganba Meitei, Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gokulam Kerala in the I-League.
1994-Anjum Moudgil, Indian sport shooter.
1880-Barindra Kumar Ghosh was an Indian revolutionary and journalist.
1893-Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to the teachings of meditation.
1941-Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was an Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team.
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1952-Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan was the 8th Nawab of Pataudi and the captain of the India national cricket team for the tour to England.
1978-Dwarka Divecha was an Indian cinematographer and actor.
2009-Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar was the Chief Minister of Tripura.
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1992-Indian cricket all-rounder Ravi Shastri scores 206 in 3rd Test in Sydney before being Shane Warne’s first Test wicket, the first of 708 for Australia.
2016-First batsman to ever score 1000 runs in a single innings in cricket – 15 year-old Mumbai schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade is 1009 not out.
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