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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 |
| 5/21/1990 | Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered. |
| 9/29/1907 | Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia' |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 3/29/1943 | Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail. |
| 7/1/1965 | Meerut University was established. |
| 12/27/1911 | Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta. |
| 1/1/1976 | Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started. |
| 2/14/1970 | Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization. |
| 8/25/1965 | Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi. |
| 12/13/1899 | Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born. |
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