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Historical Event on 7/5/1916

Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
7/16/1956K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.