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Historical Event on 5/7/1958

Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1876Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
8/14/1968Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
4/1/1986Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
4/1/1986Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
2/20/1994Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.