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Historical Event on 5/7/1973

The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
12/23/1920King George V signs Home Rule Act.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
12/1/1998Dhian Singh (103), freedom fighter dies at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Army and was jailed a number of times during the freedom movement.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.