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Historical Event on 4/5/1993
G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1930 | Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 8/3/1998 | India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 1/15/1988 | Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record. |
| 11/19/1991 | Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away. |
| 10/26/1981 | Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died. |
| 12/10/1993 | Kerala Congress(M) splits; Four MLAs, including Minister T.M.Jacob, expelled. |
| 3/13/1989 | The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab. |
| 7/2/1970 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away. |
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