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Historical Event on 8/5/1992

The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
8/7/1925Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986.
2/5/1992D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya.
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
12/27/1976Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
2/20/1993Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.
10/21/1906Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary.