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Historical Event on 5/1/1897
Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1987 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs. |
| 1/18/1985 | Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held. |
| 2/1/1942 | No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio. |
| 5/25/1941 | Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer. |
| 5/14/1995 | Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people. |
| 7/5/1917 | 'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya. |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 3/17/1994 | Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants. |
| 11/3/1984 | 3,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India. |
| 3/7/1921 | Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born. |
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