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Historical Event on 5/8/1962

Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1950Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
7/11/1973India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
7/5/1993Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal.
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.