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Important events of history that took place in India and elsewhere on today’s date.

5 July

🇮🇳 In India

1954 Andhra Pradesh High Court was established.

1968 India's first submarine arrived from Soviet Russia.

1994 Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, also known as Beypore Sulthan, great writer of Malayalam literature, passed away.

🌎 Elsewhere

1811 Venezuela declared independence from Spain.

1975 Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors.

1977 Pakistan's army under Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq seized power. The civilian government was ousted by the military and martial law was imposed.

1996 Dolly, a female Finn Dorset sheep, was born near Edinburgh, becoming the first successfully cloned mammal; her birth was not publicly revealed until the following year.

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