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Historical Event on 5/5/1929
Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1990 | 18 more ministers added in the National Front Ministry. |
| 6/4/1986 | Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away. |
| 6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
| 6/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/15/1919 | Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
| 11/15/1875 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar. |
| 11/15/1875 | Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away. |
| 7/12/1994 | India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
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