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Historical Event on 10/5/1949

A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1947Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
1/5/1952John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.