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Historical Event on 5/7/2000

Ranjit 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
9/29/1992Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes.
9/29/1992Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
1/29/1977Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
5/15/1817Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.
7/28/1997Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared 'Illegal and unconstitutional' by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.