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Historical Event on 8/5/1921
Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1979 | Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi. |
| 1/16/1919 | Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 3/22/1906 | Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born. |
| 5/28/1989 | Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India. |
| 5/28/1989 | Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. |
| 9/6/1996 | CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case. |
| 1/23/1919 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away. |
| 5/27/1990 | Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election. |
| 1/26/1950 | India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force. |
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