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Historical Event on 5/7/1994

Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1976India set 403 to win against the West Indies.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
6/4/1986Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
12/8/1920A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP.
11/1/1858Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
3/7/2000A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.
7/7/1998Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again.
3/21/1977Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.