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Historical Event on 8/5/1994
Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1985 | Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
| 1/22/1992 | Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private. |
| 6/15/1991 | About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections. |
| 9/17/1948 | The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement. |
| 8/2/1885 | Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born. |
| 7/8/1907 | Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta. |
| 3/14/1883 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London. |
| 11/3/1999 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M). |
| 1/14/1760 | Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally. |
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