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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
2/11/1998The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.
1/17/1923Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.
12/19/1917Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
2/25/1920Balraj Madhok was born.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
4/24/1996SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct.