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Historical Event on 5/7/1950
81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1993. |
| 5/21/1975 | The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 3/13/1991 | President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha. |
| 5/23/1805 | Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
| 12/28/1930 | Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to prevent an illegal flag-salutation ceremony at Bombay. |
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