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Historical Event on 8/5/1992

Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1911Ashok Kumar Ganguly, famous film actor, was born. He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
10/30/1996Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
12/20/1929The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi.
12/26/1989Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.