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Historical Event on 5/7/1950
81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/26/2000 | Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai. |
| 3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
| 11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 4/6/1997 | Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
| 5/8/1995 | Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
| 9/7/1931 | The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution. |
| 12/30/1865 | Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
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