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Historical Event on 10/5/1997
Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1997 | Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference. |
| 1/18/1980 | Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in. |
| 9/2/1998 | Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore. |
| 10/23/1999 | A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst. |
| 4/19/1995 | Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala. |
| 11/14/1996 | Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced. |
| 1/29/1931 | Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu. |
| 10/28/1867 | Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland. |
| 2/22/1944 | Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune. |
| 9/2/1918 | Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born. |
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