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Historical Event on 5/7/1973

The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
9/30/1881Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
12/19/1978The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.