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Historical Event on 5/1/1940

Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1991Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
3/3/1996Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.