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Historical Event on 2/5/1936
Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/21/1914 | Ujwala Mazumdar, freedom fighter and member of Bengal Valunteers, was born at Dhaka. |
| 10/29/1851 | British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary. |
| 11/12/1959 | Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away. |
| 1/22/1992 | Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 1/16/1992 | Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. |
| 8/22/1994 | Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives. |
| 6/9/1964 | Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 1/29/1912 | Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
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