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Historical Event on 5/7/1861

Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta.

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12/20/1929The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
8/17/1958Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
2/23/1768Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.