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Historical Event on 5/5/2000
Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1979 | Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 5/16/1933 | Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born. |
| 12/1/1886 | Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Musran in U.P. |
| 2/12/1990 | Assembly election in Manipur. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
| 2/27/1996 | In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers. |
| 4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
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