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Historical Event on 1/5/1982
C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1996 | A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt. |
| 6/11/1921 | Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P. |
| 4/1/1962 | Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government. |
| 1/30/1996 | Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe. |
| 2/14/1891 | Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam. |
| 6/2/2000 | Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 12/14/1968 | Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died. |
| 8/10/1942 | Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
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