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Historical Event on 5/7/1994
Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.

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9/5/1997	CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
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.'
9/8/1993	Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.
2/25/1962	India Congress Party wins elections.
9/29/1988	1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
9/9/1920	Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
1/10/1997	The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.
9/25/1999	Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
6/21/1940	Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
10/20/1991	Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died.

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