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Historical Event on 2/5/1936

Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born.

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12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
2/27/1993Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
10/19/1925B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
1/5/1934Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.
8/15/1997Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
11/15/1999Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.