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Historical Event on 10/5/1868

Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
8/23/2000Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
1/12/1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.