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Historical Event on 8/5/1921
Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 12/31/1902 | Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born. |
| 5/25/1996 | Maharashta govt. announces decision to revive Sri Krishna Commission set up to probe the 1993 Mumbai riots. |
| 4/5/1961 | Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs. |
| 7/30/1947 | The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November. |
| 1/18/1972 | Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/4/1991 | Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'. |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 6/20/1996 | Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT. |
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