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Historical Event on 5/1/1927

Dr. Namwar Singh was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
12/31/1923Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
2/25/1993Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.
11/5/1870Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.