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Historical Event on 2/5/1986
Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 1/1/1985 | Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum. |
| 8/20/1917 | Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra. |
| 6/27/1922 | Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born. |
| 6/14/1985 | M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985. |
| 3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
| 10/11/1991 | Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated. |
| 3/21/1997 | Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
| 8/15/1950 | Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives. |
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