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Historical Event on 8/5/1907

Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.
8/17/1932V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.
9/22/1869Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
9/17/1954India outlaws bigamy.
9/17/1954Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'.
9/30/1943Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.