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Historical Event on 5/5/1992

Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
5/16/1960International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.
3/4/1939Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, passed away at Philadelphia.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.