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Historical Event on 5/5/1977

Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
6/1/1904Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
5/16/1933Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born.
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.