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Historical Event on 5/7/1994

Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1930Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.