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Historical Event on 8/5/1978
Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1908 | Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. |
| 3/3/1982 | Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died. |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
| 1/29/1983 | Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 7/26/1910 | Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination. |
| 5/1/1987 | The Bofors Deal. |
| 8/3/1947 | Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi. |
| 6/23/1935 | Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born. |
| 12/12/1930 | Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods. |
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