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Historical Event on 5/5/1998

Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
10/28/1997Govt. extends ceasefire in Nagaland by 3 months from October 31.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
11/1/1945Narendra Dabholkar, blind faith eradicator (Andhashradhha Nirmulak), was born.
7/20/1957India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
2/3/1954Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.