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Historical Event on 5/7/1861

Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
12/25/1921Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta.
6/10/1987Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
3/11/1824US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
10/23/1824Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.