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Historical Event on 2/5/1986

Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
11/30/1974India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".
2/13/1993School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
7/14/1999Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
11/29/1916Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.