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Historical Event on 8/5/1992

Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1976Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
4/13/1890Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born.
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
1/23/2000India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.