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Historical Event on 5/5/2000

Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
12/15/1976Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
3/8/1833Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born.
3/14/1995Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.