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Historical Event on 5/5/1993

Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1993Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
11/14/1995Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.