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Historical Event on 8/5/1909
Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/1936 | 35 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay. |
| 9/30/1996 | Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996. |
| 3/18/1953 | Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
| 11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
| 5/23/1975 | P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away. |
| 3/14/1994 | Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit. |
| 7/17/1935 | Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi. |
| 3/1/1997 | Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo. |
| 11/11/1888 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life. |
| 8/2/2000 | The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill. |
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