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Historical Event on 5/7/1994

Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1931Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops.
10/10/1910Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra.
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
5/27/1919Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.