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Historical Event on 5/5/2000

Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1908Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born.
11/28/1990Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
6/25/1999PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
12/6/1907Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
7/13/1930Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.