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Historical Event on 5/5/2000
Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/27/1870 | Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji. |
| 3/2/1930 | Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded. |
| 3/28/1941 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta. |
| 5/12/1995 | India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form. |
| 12/11/1968 | Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology. |
| 4/26/1813 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 5/17/1916 | Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore. |
| 2/6/1950 | N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal. |
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