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Historical Event on 5/2/1985

Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
4/30/1992Taimurlang passed away.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
4/24/1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
3/31/1867Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.