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Historical Event on 7/5/1992
Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/8/1930 | The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London. |
| 12/23/1930 | The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt. |
| 2/13/1977 | Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 2/16/1923 | Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 3/23/1995 | Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away. |
| 3/5/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back. |
| 4/24/1944 | Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away. |
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