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Historical Event on 5/1/1897
Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1814 | Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also. |
| 11/30/1915 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died. |
| 9/18/1941 | Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa. |
| 5/25/1936 | Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 9/2/1984 | Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar. |
| 9/18/1993 | Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died. |
| 8/7/1947 | BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika. |
| 3/4/1895 | Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 3/15/1998 | Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government. |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
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