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Historical Event on 4/5/1989

Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
5/18/1926Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born.
9/27/1925Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh was established.
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
4/22/2000Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
1/27/1904R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.