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Historical Event on 7/5/1916
Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/3/1954 | Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi. |
| 5/2/1996 | Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983. |
| 7/7/1997 | Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur. |
| 6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
| 11/3/1900 | Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born. |
| 4/23/2000 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy. |
| 4/1/1963 | D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment. |
| 3/27/1996 | President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies. |
| 10/22/1908 | John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India. |
| 11/2/1984 | Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll. |
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