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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 |
| 8/1/1899 | Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born. |
| 1/12/1918 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born. |
| 10/11/1962 | Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives. |
| 1/10/1996 | 27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi. |
| 7/12/1980 | Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 2/16/1969 | Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released. |
| 5/1/1998 | The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri. |
| 5/1/2000 | Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta. |
| 7/1/1997 | Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
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