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Historical Event on 1/5/1982

C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1757After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
5/22/1991Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June.
9/10/1993India and South Korea sign agreement to expand trade and investment.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
2/23/1993Pre-budget Economic Survey proposes closure of sick PSE and rationalisation of tax and interests rates.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
7/22/1925Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.