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Historical Event on 8/5/1905
Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1927 | All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 8/5/1992 | Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86. |
| 6/10/1966 | MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik. |
| 11/19/1991 | Two national commissions on women set up. |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 2/1/1894 | Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born. |
| 10/12/1993 | The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location. |
| 1/11/1975 | Oil struck in third Bombay High rig. |
| 1/23/1897 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War. |
| 5/14/1995 | Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people. |
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