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Historical Event on 5/7/1973

Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1988A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89).
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
1/3/1994Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
1/11/1960Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.
10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.
1/17/1925Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore.
9/26/1923Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.
5/3/1945Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon.
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.