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Historical Event on 5/5/1992

Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1914Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
6/23/1992Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
9/1/1930Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
5/3/1945Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.