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Historical Event on 5/5/1989

Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
1/24/1999The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary.
7/6/1939Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
7/8/1928Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
9/29/1990Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years.
6/29/1893Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta.