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Historical Event on 10/5/1997

Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1997India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
9/19/1997Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.