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Historical Event on 5/5/1932
Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1942 | Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army. |
| 11/2/2000 | John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI. |
| 4/13/1851 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan. |
| 1/23/1993 | Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die. |
| 2/20/1999 | Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore. |
| 12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
| 3/21/1973 | Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away. |
| 1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
| 3/1/1997 | Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo. |
| 4/1/2000 | Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi. |
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