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Historical Event on 8/5/1978
Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1999 | Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999. |
| 6/2/1908 | Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case. |
| 3/4/1895 | Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 4/15/1927 | Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, was born. |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 6/17/1995 | Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first. |
| 8/25/1998 | Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe. |
| 6/23/1920 | Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born. |
| 1/6/1842 | 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.. |
| 9/21/1746 | French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras. |
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