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Historical Event on 7/5/1994
Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/19/1697 | Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away. |
3/21/1997 | Jockey Vasant Shinde retires. |
6/18/1995 | The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi. |
9/13/1948 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took police action on Hyderabad for anti national policy's of Nijam of Hyderabad and Rijvi Rajakar's. |
1/16/1996 | Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership. |
3/3/1934 | Amarsingh Pandurang Rane, educationist, was born at Banage, Kolhapur. |
10/27/1999 | The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November. |
1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
9/12/1971 | Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died. |
11/12/1959 | Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away. |
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