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Historical Event on 7/5/1981

Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1992BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
11/18/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.
11/27/1992Sachin Tendulkar, 19 years and 22 days old, becomes the youngest cricketer to make 1,000 test runs while playing in Johannesburg.
6/7/1979Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.
6/5/1997Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
10/20/1954Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
1/15/1973Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.