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Historical Event on 5/5/1972

Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
1/2/1943Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.