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Historical Event on 10/5/1997

Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
12/16/1921Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
10/10/1954First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
8/3/1991About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.