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Historical Event on 5/4/1993

Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1995Lukose Leelamma at Pune sets record for 10,000m (Women) in 34.33.50.
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
3/25/1971Aashish Rakesh Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- ), was born in Madras.
5/18/1901Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca).
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
3/25/1916S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.