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Historical Event on 5/7/1994
Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly.
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| 11/8/2000 | Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen. |
| 3/10/1912 | Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 9/20/1998 | A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary. |
| 8/26/1914 | Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities. |
| 6/12/1972 | D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
| 1/5/1952 | John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64. |
| 2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
| 1/18/1906 | Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur. |
| 2/3/1928 | Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival. |
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