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Historical Event on 5/1/1946

Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1998Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back.
1/25/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
6/23/1810Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.