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Historical Event on 5/2/1981

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
1/6/1932Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born.
9/4/1946Interim Government formed.
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
3/10/1912Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra.
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.
5/25/1996DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.