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Historical Event on 5/1/1964
Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1991 | Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 5/20/1976 | Oil production started from Bombay High. |
| 5/20/1996 | CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba. |
| 9/11/1950 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 4/24/1998 | India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final. |
| 10/12/1921 | Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona. |
| 3/25/1933 | Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born. |
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