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Historical Event on 8/5/1992

Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
7/1/1955S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957.
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
2/17/1998Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
5/15/1998The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.