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Historical Event on 5/5/1930
Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1931 | 19 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir. |
| 8/30/1645 | Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty. |
| 5/1/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men. |
| 5/30/1962 | 69 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad. |
| 12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
| 6/8/1998 | Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack. |
| 12/11/1872 | Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born. |
| 1/1/1965 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"". |
| 11/1/1999 | SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
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