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Historical Event on 5/5/1818

Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
9/17/1864Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born.
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
11/18/1991In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
5/4/1993Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.
7/8/1999The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
8/14/1900S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born.