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Historical Event on 8/5/1921
Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
| 11/22/1997 | Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles. |
| 10/11/1927 | Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad. |
| 8/15/1998 | Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends. |
| 6/18/1926 | Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P). |
| 1/6/1664 | Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat. |
| 11/5/1951 | Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup. |
| 4/24/1918 | Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born. |
| 7/29/1993 | Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
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