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Historical Event on 10/5/1949

A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
1/19/1990Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.
3/9/1997Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
4/3/1984Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.