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Historical Event on 10/5/1949
A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1999 | Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor. |
| 8/26/1949 | Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed. |
| 7/1/1999 | K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow. |
| 3/1/1901 | Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born. |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
| 6/25/1880 | Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P. |
| 4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 1/5/1982 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died. |
| 11/18/1972 | Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal' |
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