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Historical Event on 7/5/1968

Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
2/17/1993Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"".
7/3/1863Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], santee Sioux Indian chief, passed away.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.