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Historical Event on 10/5/1990

Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1992It was decided that Lok Sabha session would start with the national song ""Vande Mataram"" and end with National Anthem ""Jana Gana
2/11/1998Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
6/22/1940Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.
6/22/1940Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.