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Historical Event on 5/5/1903
Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1903 | Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 11/17/1994 | North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council. |
| 5/9/1959 | Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away. |
| 12/20/1994 | The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN. |
| 11/6/1952 | Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born. |
| 2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
| 10/19/1970 | First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 5/10/1917 | Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore. |
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