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Historical Event on 5/5/1944
Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1909 | Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 8/4/2000 | Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission. |
| 12/15/1976 | Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
| 2/3/1929 | The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"". |
| 6/11/1997 | I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border. |
| 2/18/1918 | Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born. |
| 4/22/1930 | Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order. |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
| 2/7/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
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