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Historical Event on 8/5/1978

Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
2/1/1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
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12/25/1997India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
7/23/1964Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
3/21/1791Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis.