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Historical Event on 1/5/1974

Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
6/8/1968Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
8/27/2000Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.