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Historical Event on 1/5/1941

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal.

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6/8/1915P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
10/22/1997Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
10/24/1938Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.