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Historical Event on 10/5/1997
Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 10/14/1997 | The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out. |
| 10/25/1980 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died. |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 11/18/1961 | The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet. The ships conducted their mission in three geographical areas for liberating Goa . |
| 1/18/1942 | Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies. |
| 11/13/1993 | The Indian hospital and aviation was operational immediately. The Indian contingent formally took charge of the responsibility of the capital city of Mogadishu. |
| 4/20/1997 | Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 6/8/1929 | Ventappa Musandra Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61), was born in Bangalore. |
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