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Historical Event on 12/5/1946
Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1984 | P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 1/23/1960 | Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away. |
| 3/24/1855 | First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km. |
| 1/1/1995 | N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee. |
| 2/20/1928 | Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born. |
| 12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
| 3/16/1995 | World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani. |
| 5/29/1947 | Establishment of Indian Standard Institution. |
| 1/28/1950 | Supreme Court of India was inaugurated. |
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