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Historical Event on 5/7/1950
Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1910 | Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died. |
| 5/29/1965 | Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time. |
| 2/25/1977 | Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun. |
| 2/25/1977 | Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.). |
| 10/26/1814 | British General Governor declared war against Nepal. |
| 1/14/1926 | Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka. |
| 11/20/1930 | With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable |
| 4/11/1997 | 10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining. |
| 5/4/1993 | Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice. |
| 1/28/1877 | Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away. |
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