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Historical Event on 5/7/1958
Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/3/1915 | Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government. |
| 10/17/1903 | 7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary. |
| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
| 2/18/1906 | Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, chief of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born. |
| 9/27/1958 | Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
| 10/9/2000 | The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle. |
| 3/1/1979 | Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India. |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
| 2/11/1935 | Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born. |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
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