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Historical Event on 1/5/1994

Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
11/9/1871Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.
7/18/1997Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
9/29/1942The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession.
10/5/1990Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
10/6/1999Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar.
3/22/1914M. L. Bhowmik, social reformer and politician, was born Kailashahar, Tripura.