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Historical Event on 8/5/1907
Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village.
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| 2/23/1993 | Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya). |
| 11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
| 1/21/1922 | V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 6/24/1946 | Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi. |
| 1/25/1950 | The post of the Governor General of India was abolished. |
| 1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
| 12/10/1936 | England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI. |
| 9/29/1999 | Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting. |
| 5/27/1919 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away. |
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