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Historical Event on 5/5/1944

Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
8/8/1948Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.
11/21/1973Seth Govinddas, M.P. of Jabalpur, was honoured in the Central Hall of Parliament for completion of 50 years in Parliament, which was an unprecedented record.
9/27/1974Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
9/27/1974The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri.
8/29/1923Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
3/28/1645Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
12/10/1878Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP.