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Historical Event on 5/1/1915

Rameshwar Shukla 'Anchal', modern Hindi poet, novelist and essay writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
9/20/1944Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi.