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Historical Event on 5/10/1993
Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 2/8/1986 | For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport. |
| 4/13/1994 | United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI. |
| 5/11/1895 | Jiddu Krishnamurti, great Indian profound philosopher of international repute, was born at Madanapalle, Andhra Predesh. His famous book ""Song of Life"" contains most of his philosophical thoughts and teachings. |
| 7/21/1993 | Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal. |
| 7/6/1993 | JPC decides to send 'interrogatory letters' to PM's aide R. K. Khandekar, Sunil Mittal and 7 others. |
| 5/5/1818 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany. |
| 12/7/2000 | A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam. |
| 10/23/1999 | V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case. |
| 1/24/1921 | T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born. |
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