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Historical Event on 5/5/1903

Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
1/18/1997SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances.
1/1/1986Fourth Pay Commission implemented.
4/10/1901Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
8/14/1998The Government transferred Revenue Secretary N. K. Singh and Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.