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Historical Event on 5/7/2000

Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
2/21/1878Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
4/30/1909R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born.
9/29/19641,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
3/17/1992Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.