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Historical Event on 10/5/1957
Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/7/1763 | Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal. |
| 11/15/1993 | Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Israel deal on Phalcon AWACS planes put on hold, pending change of guard in the U.S. |
| 1/10/1997 | The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 6/22/1948 | Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles. |
| 3/10/1873 | Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born. |
| 11/1/1985 | Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning. |
| 7/6/1995 | Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants. |
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