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Historical Event on 5/5/1966

Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1880Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
7/7/1999The Indian Army recaptures Jubar height in the Batalik sector.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
3/4/1919Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born.
3/29/1990Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.