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Historical Event on 5/7/1985

Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
9/10/1996Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
12/26/1801Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.