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Historical Event on 5/5/2000
Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 8/2/1880 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born. |
| 8/2/1922 | Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 3/5/1851 | Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 8/5/1909 | Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 2/1/1929 | Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born. |
| 10/31/1963 | Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack. |
| 1/12/1901 | Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 3/4/1927 | Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born. |
| 12/27/1976 | Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away. |
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