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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 |
| 7/23/1918 | Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/3/1898 | Gopinath Bhagwan was born at Banamohalla, Srinagar. He is one of the most eminent saints who have graced the sacred land of India. An Ashram at Kharyar, Srinagar is set up by his disciples and devotees to preach his meditation. |
| 4/19/1996 | AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989. |
| 4/10/1993 | Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow. |
| 2/9/1989 | Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident. |
| 10/2/1845 | First Shipping Company of India started. |
| 10/20/1905 | Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
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