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Historical Event on 5/2/1981

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.
5/13/1996M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
1/3/1996Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.
1/8/1884Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society.
7/22/1992Security scam: Planning Commission member V. Krishnamurthy resigns.