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Historical Event on 5/7/1994

Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1992IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
11/22/2000Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
11/2/1841Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.
10/11/1927Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad.
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.