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Historical Event on 5/7/1973

The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
4/22/1994Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away.
6/17/1996Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.
11/25/1866Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow.
6/29/1924Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born.
12/28/1974Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.