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Historical Event on 8/5/1950
Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1997 | Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions. |
| 8/3/1985 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte. |
| 8/28/1896 | Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala. |
| 9/30/1996 | PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve |
| 7/12/1896 | Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born. |
| 3/7/1921 | Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born. |
| 4/9/1993 | Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief. |
| 4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
| 7/31/1916 | Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar. |
| 7/31/1916 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. |
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