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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
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
3/1/1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
4/7/2000The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.
10/26/1999The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case.
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
2/16/1944Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory.