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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
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
11/1/1961First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
7/18/1997Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
1/27/1999P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
10/24/1945UNO Day.