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Historical Event on 5/2/1985
Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1917 | Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born. |
| 11/7/1991 | Salauddin and his wife Neena create a world record by travelling in a Nissan car. |
| 9/30/1999 | India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'. |
| 6/8/1997 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati. |
| 11/11/1913 | Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa. |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 11/23/1946 | Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away. |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
| 10/9/1963 | Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died. |
| 1/12/1953 | Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay. |
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