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Events for February 5

5-February-1630	Har Rai, Sikh Guru, was born.
5-February-1919	Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born.
5-February-1922	Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
5-February-1922	Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)""
5-February-1924	Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
5-February-1931	Krishna Film Co., Bombay produced a 7,659 feet long 'Krishnatone Talkie Programme No. 1, which was released quite before the release of 'Alam Ara,' first talkie film of India. The Krishnatone Programme was censored at C.C. No. 9906 on February 5 and the programme contained the following: (1) Arabic Song (2) Indian Orchestra No.1 (3) Indian Orchestra No.2 (4) Indian Orchestra No.3 (5) Jal Tarang Solo (6) Hindi Song No. 1 (7) Hindi Song No.2 (8) Hindi Song No. 3 (9) Bengali Song (10) Garba No. 1 (11) Garba No. 2 (12) Gujarati Comic Song (13) Hindi Chorus Song No. 1 (14) Hindi Chorus Song No. 2 (15) Dilruba Solo (16) Violin Solo (17) Goanese Song.
5-February-1936	Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born.
5-February-1949	Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
5-February-1968	Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away.
5-February-1970	Kauai Aadheenam, Hindu monastery, site of Kadavul Hindu Temple, Saiva Siddhanta Church headquarters, San Marga Sanctuary and editorial offices of Hinduism Today were founded today at Hawaii's Garden Island.
5-February-1981	Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75.
5-February-1986	Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.
5-February-1991	The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
5-February-1992	Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
5-February-1992	D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya.
5-February-1992	Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
5-February-1993	The Supreme Court directs the Union Government to forcibly produce Manipur Speaker Dr. Borobabu Singh before it on March 23 in a contempt case.
5-February-2000	A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities.