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Historical Event on 1/5/1994
Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 12/22/1975 | Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d |
| 1/30/1991 | Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
| 10/20/1997 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 3/31/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous). |
| 1/2/1964 | Raichaudhary Ambikagiri, nationalist Asamia poet, died. |
| 3/29/1999 | A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured. |
| 6/10/1891 | Gandhiji called to the Bar. |
| 12/21/1788 | Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him. |
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