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Historical Event on 8/5/1994
Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1699 | Khalsa Panth established. |
| 12/5/1946 | Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away. |
| 1/20/1988 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
| 9/27/1856 | Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
| 3/17/1967 | 4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed. |
| 12/14/1998 | The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
| 7/6/1927 | Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan). |
| 4/21/1992 | RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits. |
| 10/1/1992 | Broadcasting of Zee TV started. |
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