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Historical Event on 5/5/1972

Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
1/24/1924Karpoori Thakur ""Jan Nayak"", freedom fighter, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, was born in village Samastipur, District Bihar.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
3/2/1930Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded.
9/24/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
2/21/1995The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.
12/7/1989Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.