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Historical Event on 10/5/1997
Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1971 | Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles. |
| 3/16/1880 | Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born. |
| 11/29/1916 | Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan. |
| 6/17/1928 | Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away. |
| 10/30/1924 | Word Saving Day. |
| 3/26/1990 | Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away. |
| 2/8/1994 | Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away. |
| 3/15/1901 | Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games. |
| 5/28/1923 | Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including 'Patal Bhairavi'. |
| 4/23/1992 | Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70. |
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