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Historical Event on 2/5/1936

Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1999A 50-member BJP ministry led by Ram Prakash Gupta is sworn in Uttar Pradesh.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
3/9/1951Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
1/25/1995India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.
11/20/1990Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
2/20/1992Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away.