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Historical Event on 5/5/1903

Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
5/25/1999The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil.
9/9/1941Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
11/11/1906Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras.