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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
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
4/1/1941Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).
12/30/1949India recognizes People's Republic of China.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
1/31/1997Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.