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Historical Event on 1/5/1974

Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
7/29/1997Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
1/18/1997Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
4/26/1992Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.