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Historical Event on 5/2/1985

Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
12/14/1901Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
4/22/1870Vladimir IIyich Lenin, revolutionary freedom fighter and politician, was born at Simbrisk, Volga.
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
3/26/1969Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.