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Historical Event on 8/5/1905

Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1996Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
8/2/1980Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
1/16/1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
3/26/1990Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns.
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.