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Historical Event on 8/5/1921
Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/13/1997 | Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites. |
| 11/15/1999 | Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
| 11/27/1870 | Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born. |
| 10/13/1679 | More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm. |
| 3/5/1961 | Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 6/17/1965 | Motilal, famous actor, died. |
| 2/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
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