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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
6/16/1946Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
9/14/1910Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
5/29/1972Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
5/25/1611Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.