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Historical Event on 8/5/1905
Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1920 | 'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released. |
| 3/3/1934 | Amarsingh Pandurang Rane, educationist, was born at Banage, Kolhapur. |
| 6/22/1955 | Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31. |
| 5/7/1973 | The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 12/16/1999 | The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched. |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 10/12/1961 | Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died. |
| 10/23/1996 | Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 8/19/1976 | Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh. |
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