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Historical Event on 5/7/1994

Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1924Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
3/30/1949New Union of Greater Rajasthan was ceremonially inaugurated by Patel when the existing Union of Rajasthan was joined by four premier states of Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. Hiralal Shastri became its first Chief Minister.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
6/16/1950 Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
12/6/1929British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India.
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
2/25/1844Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.