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Historical Event on 10/5/1997
Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1991 | Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I). |
| 6/5/1994 | India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China. |
| 4/23/1968 | Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border. |
| 2/22/1997 | India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement. |
| 12/22/1843 | Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish. |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
| 2/19/1949 | Mass arrests of communists in India. |
| 11/10/1968 | Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati. |
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