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Historical Event on 1/5/1994
Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 7/25/1976 | Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77. |
| 7/27/1889 | Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji. |
| 1/20/1990 | Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence. |
| 9/26/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
| 8/13/2000 | The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players. |
| 7/9/1999 | Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 3/13/1978 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away. |
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