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Historical Event on 2/8/1994
Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
| 12/5/1992 | Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 2/26/1937 | Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 5/1/1960 | Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States. |
| 4/7/1942 | Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died. |
| 4/19/1996 | AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989. |
| 9/1/1915 | Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born. |
| 5/18/1932 | Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations. |
| 4/22/1996 | Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM. |
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