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Historical Event on 5/7/1993

Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/19/1997Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
12/13/1984The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.