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Historical Event on 5/7/1973

Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1803East India Company captured Orrisa state.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
5/27/1990Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election.
5/28/1930Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
11/16/1887Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.
4/17/1917V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai).
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.