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Historical Event on 5/7/1973
Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/27/1912 | Lawrence Durrell, Britsh writer (Alexandria Quartet, Private Country), was born in Darjeeling, India. . |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 7/27/1992 | Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died. |
| 3/16/1966 | Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966. |
| 6/18/1956 | New Hindu Succession Act was passed. |
| 9/18/1932 | A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence. |
| 1/18/1997 | Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies. |
| 2/17/1997 | Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row. |
| 11/9/1913 | Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi. |
| 2/21/1899 | Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born. |
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