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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 |
| 7/20/1916 | Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
| 10/16/1978 | Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad. |
| 2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
| 3/27/1898 | Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh. |
| 9/29/1755 | Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India |
| 10/20/1990 | Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
| 6/14/1990 | Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh. |
| 6/14/1990 | Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler. |
| 8/28/1973 | India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis. |
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