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Historical Event on 5/7/1973
Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/21/1996 | Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India. |
| 6/30/1997 | Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over. |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
| 5/27/1994 | Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away. |
| 3/17/1959 | Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet. |
| 3/13/1978 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 2/1/1929 | Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born. |
| 11/14/1681 | East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency. |
| 6/27/1964 | Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
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