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Historical Event on 5/2/1985

Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.
8/10/2000Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
11/30/1994Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.
4/12/1997Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.
4/12/1997Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.