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Historical Event on 5/1/1927

Dr. Namwar Singh was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
5/15/1992BSE closed.
12/5/1991Sarkaria report accepted.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
10/19/1907Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.