|
|
Historical Event on 10/5/1997
Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1996 | PSLV-D3 launched successfully. |
| 1/1/1965 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"". |
| 6/20/1996 | Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 1/28/1933 | India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge. |
| 4/30/1998 | Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. |
| 4/13/1984 | Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park. |
| 8/20/1991 | Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore. |
| 4/26/1813 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore. |
| 10/16/1896 | Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
