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Historical Event on 1/5/1994

Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
6/15/1966U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.
2/12/1960Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
12/3/1971During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
8/15/1997Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
12/4/1993Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.