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Historical Event on 5/5/1998

Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1999Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
9/4/1895Siyaramsharan Gupt was born.
3/31/1996Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
5/22/1991Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.
8/4/2000Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
3/3/1921Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P).