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Historical Event on 5/5/1998

Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1932Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born.
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
4/22/1994Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
11/2/1984Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
11/18/1974Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.