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Historical Event on 8/5/1950

Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1911Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
7/16/1996Narasimha Rao moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the summons issued against him by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
10/18/1928Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad.