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Historical Event on 1/5/1952
Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died.
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| 8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
| 2/13/1991 | Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/12/1993 | Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket. |
| 2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
| 5/13/2000 | The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 5/13/2000 | Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20). |
| 6/6/1903 | A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience. |
| 5/20/1992 | Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
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