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Historical Event on 8/5/1994
Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1929 | Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born. |
| 7/16/1914 | N. E. Balram, communist leader, died. |
| 1/4/1999 | Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi. |
| 12/21/1993 | JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam. |
| 9/2/1970 | Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi. |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 6/5/1927 | Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab. |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 12/28/1981 | Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children. |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
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