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Historical Event on 5/1/1940

Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1966Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam.
1/19/1932Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
2/27/1996In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
7/29/1994Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.