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Historical Event on 5/4/1989

Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
5/22/1772Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.