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Historical Event on 8/5/1992
The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/21/1985 | Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away. |
| 8/20/1917 | Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra. |
| 6/3/1924 | Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur). |
| 7/22/1998 | India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 6/23/1895 | Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta. |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 9/8/1990 | Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity. |
| 11/3/1929 | Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born. |
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