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Historical Event on 8/5/1981
Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
| 12/4/1910 | Motilal, famous film actor, was born. |
| 7/1/1862 | Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair. |
| 2/14/1925 | Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born. |
| 5/17/1980 | V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs. |
| 11/21/1962 | India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India. |
| 10/2/1911 | Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala . |
| 3/5/1992 | Sunder, comedy actor, passed away. |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 1/12/2000 | The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years. |
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