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Historical Event on 1/5/1994

Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1983Modern oceanographic research ship of the world 'Sagar Kanya' landed first time in the sea.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
9/5/1909Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932.
2/10/1926Rajmata Krishna Kumari, social worker, was born at Dharangadhra.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
12/26/1917Prabhakar Machve, famous Hindi and Marathi litterateur, was born.
11/29/1991Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.