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Historical Event on 5/5/1906
Ursula Jeans, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1887 | Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 8/16/1923 | Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 11/7/1900 | Ranga N.G, professor and politician, was born. |
| 6/6/1890 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born. |
| 6/6/1890 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 6/6/1890 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
| 6/3/1924 | Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur). |
| 4/23/1994 | Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League. |
| 6/29/1873 | Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, first Bengali modern poet, died. |
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