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Historical Event on 10/5/1990

Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
12/11/1687Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
6/24/1974India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins.
12/21/2000Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
2/3/1760Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.