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Historical Event on 10/5/1805

Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
2/1/1994ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company.
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
11/7/1966Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives.
8/22/1818Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.