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Historical Event on 5/5/1983

Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
10/2/1972Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started.
5/19/1991About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.
2/27/1999Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent.
12/12/1905Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
9/29/1992Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.