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Historical Event on 10/5/1989

Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
12/16/1980Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
8/13/1954Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.
3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
3/26/1942Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.