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Historical Event on 1/5/1974
Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1989 | IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa. |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 10/26/1937 | Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born. |
| 5/3/1718 | Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore. |
| 2/4/1938 | Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was born. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
| 1/9/1995 | T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections. |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 7/8/1930 | The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London. |
| 1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
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