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Historical Event on 1/5/1890
Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/5/1892 | John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford. |
| 10/27/1947 | Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 3/29/1939 | Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara. |
| 6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
| 12/24/1905 | Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born. |
| 9/8/1993 | Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces. |
| 9/8/1993 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
| 5/2/1922 | Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 2/16/1942 | The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943. |
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