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Historical Event on 8/5/1604
John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1940 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders. |
| 3/11/1999 | Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis. |
| 10/26/1961 | Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October. |
| 2/10/1944 | Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma. |
| 5/4/1923 | Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born. |
| 3/17/2000 | V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
| 1/2/1943 | Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life. |
| 5/23/1995 | TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995. |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
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