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Historical Event on 5/5/1977
Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
| 12/20/1957 | Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 1/24/1937 | Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics. |
| 8/1/1993 | Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995. |
| 8/22/2000 | Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs. |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/22/1760 | In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 5/15/1864 | Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP. |
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