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Historical Event on 5/7/1973
Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/10/1943 | Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3. |
| 2/18/1974 | Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque. |
| 7/31/1993 | K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96). |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 7/2/1929 | Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died. |
| 7/2/1929 | Saint Chokhoba passed away. |
| 7/13/1988 | Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit. |
| 12/1/1992 | 17 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya. |
| 1/20/1997 | The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg. |
| 1/5/1957 | Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force. |
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