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Historical Event on 5/7/2000
Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1997 | All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar. |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
| 1/10/1888 | Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura. |
| 8/8/1967 | Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha. |
| 12/30/1935 | Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 2/25/1968 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970. |
| 10/13/1679 | More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm. |
| 7/22/1925 | Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
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