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Historical Event on 2/5/1630

Har Rai, Sikh Guru, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
7/1/1938Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.