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Historical Event on 5/5/1977

Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
12/6/1756British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
12/31/1956Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.