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Historical Event on 5/1/1972

All fuel coal mines were nationalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1985Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"".
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
4/6/1993Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19.
11/3/1992Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away.
9/24/1726King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.
1/15/1888Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.