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Historical Event on 5/5/1972

Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1999Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
2/20/1994Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.
12/27/1990Central Govt. introduces fresh direct tax proposals to raise additional Rs. 810 crore by raising income tax and fixing limits for deduction of depreciation.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).