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Historical Event on 1/5/1994
Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 12/11/1998 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today. |
| 5/9/1908 | Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born. |
| 1/26/1919 | Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/5/1990 | Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill. |
| 11/8/1968 | Jansattak Party established. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 7/28/1989 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law. |
| 5/13/1918 | Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born. |
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