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Historical Event on 5/1/1960
Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1900 | Sumitranandan Pant was born. |
| 11/1/1950 | First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out. |
| 6/3/1947 | Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published. |
| 8/8/1990 | Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died. |
| 10/3/1957 | Republican Party of India established. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 1/14/1980 | Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 6/25/1992 | BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven. |
| 7/2/1938 | Chandra K. N. Patel was born at Baramati near Pune. In 1974, he was the youngest scientist to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Besides, he is the recipient of the Ballantine Medal, The Worykin Award and The lamme Medal. Chandra K. N. Patel is the Executive Director of one of the divisions of the AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA. |
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