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Historical Event on 7/5/1916

Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1952Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
11/11/1999Mr. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, leaves for Durban summit of the Commonhealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM).
8/30/1645Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
9/18/2000Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states.