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Historical Event on 5/7/1990
Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/14/1993 | India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay. |
| 4/13/1994 | United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI. |
| 9/16/1990 | Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War. |
| 11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
| 3/17/1989 | Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra. |
| 8/3/1993 | Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission. |
| 11/11/1872 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", was b |
| 3/23/1982 | Annasaheb Patil, father of Maratha Mahasangh, passed away. |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 11/7/1998 | The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma. |
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