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Historical Event on 1/5/1994

Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1994Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
4/10/1993Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
7/21/1984Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
12/1/1997At least 61 persons, including 22 women and 17 children, belonging to SC and extremely backward communities are gunned down by banned private army of feudal landlords, Ranbir Sena, at Bathe-Lakshmanpur village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.