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Historical Event on 5/8/1962

Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.
5/8/1930Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.
3/21/1971Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.
4/10/1982Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral).
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
2/21/1991The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.