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Historical Event on 5/2/1981

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
4/11/1856Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
12/8/1999Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
1/18/1980Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.