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Historical Event on 8/5/1950

Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
7/20/1990Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
9/24/193119 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.
4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.