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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 |
| 8/15/1947 | Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
| 9/24/1932 | Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"". |
| 4/4/1951 | West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India. |
| 7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
| 9/20/1998 | A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
| 5/21/1990 | PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada. |
| 9/20/1999 | T. R. Rajakumari (78), the dream girl of the Tamil silver screen for over two decades, died. |
| 11/22/1971 | Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days. |
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