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Historical Event on 10/5/1989
Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/12/1990 | Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene. |
| 5/2/1982 | Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut. |
| 8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
| 10/15/1946 | Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government. |
| 10/5/1949 | A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died. |
| 1/14/1980 | Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 3/28/1995 | Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away. |
| 9/12/1998 | Bihar flood toll mounts to 320. |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
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