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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
4/23/1992Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
12/20/1757Clauk became Governor of Bengal.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
9/27/1907Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan.