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Historical Event on 5/1/1981

Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
4/12/1993Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed.
11/7/2000Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament.
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
9/25/1914Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.