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Historical Event on 5/5/1903
Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1988 | Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed. |
| 3/26/1989 | Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
| 12/6/1995 | Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away. |
| 10/14/1947 | Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
| 3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
| 1/22/1989 | DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 10/2/1929 | Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust |
| 4/6/1664 | Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 5/28/1903 | Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra). |
| 10/1/1997 | Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992. |
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