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Historical Event on 10/5/1990

Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1757After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
9/18/1917Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
2/11/199912 dalits are shot by the Ranbir Sena in Narayanpar village in Bihar.
7/5/1905Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.
2/26/1996Parliament's budget session opens.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
5/22/1991Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.