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Historical Event on 8/5/1992

Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
1/7/1858The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.