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Historical Event on 5/5/1983

Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.
12/5/1959K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
8/30/1659Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.