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Historical Event on 10/5/1949

A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
12/27/1992The Central government decides to acquire the disputed area in Ayodhya.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961