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Historical Event on 1/5/1893
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1931 | Air Force was established. |
| 3/23/1968 | Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 11/29/1948 | Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables. |
| 7/22/1875 | Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born. |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 1/29/1998 | Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days. |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
| 7/7/1997 | Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur. |
| 2/21/1997 | Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai. |
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