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Historical Event on 7/5/2000

Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
7/7/1999M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad.
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
6/27/1998Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
9/1/1930Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision.