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Historical Event on 7/5/1994

Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1903Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
6/18/1918A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away.
2/27/1956G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
1/20/1994Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.