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Historical Event on 8/5/1950

Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1897Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh
9/25/1993Soli Sorabji, 63, nominated as Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Court by UN Secretary General.
2/5/1992Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
8/2/1861Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
1/14/1969Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.