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Historical Event on 5/5/1966

Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1994Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
11/25/1999Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.