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Historical Event on 10/5/1990

Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
3/1/1985Rajendra Sethia, the biggest personal bankrupt ever, arrested in New Delhi.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
10/10/1993Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
3/24/1946British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
1/22/1922Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
5/13/1883Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.