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Historical Event on 5/5/1977

Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
6/18/1994The strength of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad ministry led by Sanchaman Limboo reduced to 14 in the 32-member house.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
6/8/199255-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
6/16/1990GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.
6/9/1900Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail.