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Historical Event on 2/5/1986
Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1919 | Dharam Singh, field hockey player for Indian Team at Olympics-1964-Gold Winner, was born. |
| 6/3/1901 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam. |
| 7/15/1917 | Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra). |
| 5/6/1948 | India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir. |
| 2/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support. |
| 12/3/1999 | Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy. |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
| 11/20/1998 | Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 9/11/1991 | Tax concessions announced. |
| 6/24/1990 | Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'. |
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