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Historical Event on 5/10/1999
Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 11/22/1916 | Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
| 2/14/1755 | Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away. |
| 3/12/1911 | Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born. |
| 10/26/1981 | Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died. |
| 4/2/1992 | Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away. |
| 1/12/1995 | Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000. |
| 2/8/1959 | The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President. |
| 6/9/1991 | A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled. |
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