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Historical Event on 5/5/1947
Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/16/1977 | Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay. |
| 9/13/1992 | Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission. |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 2/12/1993 | Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket. |
| 2/11/1999 | 12 dalits are shot by the Ranbir Sena in Narayanpar village in Bihar. |
| 5/7/1908 | Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925). Some of her films are Kicks of Kismet, Tained Virtue, Red Signal, Wise Fool, Hoor-E-Bagdad. |
| 3/28/1917 | Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa. |
| 7/1/1992 | Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi. |
| 10/11/1991 | Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated. |
| 6/9/1997 | At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok. |
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