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Historical Event on 2/5/1986

Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
4/14/1891Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra.
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.