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Historical Event on 5/1/1879
Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1896 | Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. |
| 11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
| 7/13/1905 | Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods. |
| 1/29/1912 | Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 6/8/1998 | A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out. |
| 4/16/1974 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/3/1996 | Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order. |
| 12/8/1942 | Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. |
| 7/22/1959 | Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government. |
| 4/25/1993 | Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued. |
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