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Historical Event on 5/10/1999

Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
6/23/1975Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died.
8/18/1990President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.
4/20/1954Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.