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Historical Event on 2/5/1970

Kauai Aadheenam, Hindu monastery, site of Kadavul Hindu Temple, Saiva Siddhanta Church headquarters, San Marga Sanctuary and editorial offices of Hinduism Today were founded today at Hawaii's Garden Island.

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4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
8/8/1990Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
10/31/1963Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
4/18/1914Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai.
7/7/1946Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16.
9/16/1977Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.