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Historical Event on 5/5/1977

Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1990Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
8/1/1994Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
12/16/1999India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.