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Historical Event on 1/5/1982
C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1999 | Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha. |
| 7/14/1942 | Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank). |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 9/22/1988 | PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill. |
| 3/28/1997 | Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins. |
| 8/2/1877 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P. |
| 10/4/1997 | J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill. |
| 9/22/1789 | Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department. |
| 3/17/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak. |
| 2/1/1917 | Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal. |
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