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Historical Event on 2/5/1919
Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1949 | Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan. |
| 6/18/1993 | Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta. |
| 8/20/1991 | Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore. |
| 11/7/1936 | Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 5/1/1897 | Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission. |
| 3/16/1901 | Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 10/15/2000 | Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand |
| 8/28/1896 | Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala. |
| 1/2/1964 | Raichaudhary Ambikagiri, nationalist Asamia poet, died. |
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