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Historical Event on 5/5/1944
Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/9/1658 | Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 3/21/1997 | Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts. |
| 6/3/1998 | The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi. |
| 5/23/1998 | L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs. |
| 1/1/1981 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"". |
| 3/9/1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/22/1993 | Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 1/5/1982 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died. |
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