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Historical Event on 1/5/1994

Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.
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11/8/1990Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government. Rajasthan BJP CM Bhairon Singh Shekhwat wins confidence motion with the help of Janata Dal rebels (116-80).
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
1/3/1946Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.
2/8/1912Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.
10/14/1997Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.