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Historical Event on 5/5/1992
Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1991 | Sarkaria report accepted. |
| 9/29/2000 | A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt. |
| 1/31/1994 | Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 12/17/1914 | Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore. |
| 6/15/1991 | About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections. |
| 11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 9/9/1920 | Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language. |
| 2/24/1961 | Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/5/1932 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away. |
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