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Historical Event on 5/7/1985
Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
| 12/20/1978 | Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment. |
| 3/20/1959 | For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa. |
| 11/1/1950 | First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out. |
| 11/1/1950 | Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, ""My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormu |
| 7/20/1990 | GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore. |
| 5/18/1872 | Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born. |
| 12/14/2000 | The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act. |
| 11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
| 5/19/1993 | S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away. |
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