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Historical Event on 10/5/1989

Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/2000The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.
2/4/1938Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was born.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
1/4/1892J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
3/20/1602United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.