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Historical Event on 5/5/1818
Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1788 | Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi. |
| 9/1/1999 | The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue. |
| 2/25/2000 | The Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order discharging the former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from the two TANSI deal cases. |
| 8/20/1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 1/3/1978 | Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win. |
| 3/12/1942 | British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 3/21/1957 | India's national calender came into force. |
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