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Historical Event on 10/5/1989
Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1902 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala. |
| 1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 4/20/2000 | A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V. |
| 10/10/1999 | Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra. |
| 4/9/1984 | Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record. |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
| 11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
| 4/13/1982 | Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
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