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Historical Event on 04/05/1581
Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1811 | Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
| 3/31/1994 | The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal. |
| 7/28/1997 | 12 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana. |
| 7/28/1997 | Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 5/18/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain. |
| 1/12/1924 | Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune. |
| 7/22/1978 | Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign. |
| 1/22/1922 | Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 11/18/1991 | In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority. |
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