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Historical Event on 5/4/1993
Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1827 | Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune. |
| 12/20/1999 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT. |
| 1/18/1997 | India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 8/15/1972 | Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced. |
| 8/8/1940 | Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970). |
| 3/28/1645 | Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 4/17/1977 | Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party. |
| 11/5/1892 | John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford. |
| 2/22/1978 | Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985. |
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