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Historical Event on 5/5/1971
India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
| 4/14/1995 | India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah. |
| 1/17/1908 | Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born. |
| 6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 11/13/1992 | Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
| 5/14/1953 | Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957. |
| 1/14/1843 | Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born. |
| 10/2/1961 | Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established. |
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