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Historical Event on 5/5/1971
India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/1997 | Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati. |
| 2/17/1992 | S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away. |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country. |
| 8/23/1994 | Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99). |
| 1/29/1939 | Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President. |
| 12/23/1926 | Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid. |
| 8/6/1932 | Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures. |
| 12/3/1984 | 3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India. |
| 6/18/1988 | V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election. |
| 3/3/1906 | Trailokyanath Goswami, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Nalbari, Assam . |
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