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Historical Event on 1/5/1952

John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1990Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
10/28/1991Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.
5/21/1990PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada.
1/21/1924Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.
11/23/1926Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
7/21/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
10/27/1999The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.