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Historical Event on 5/1/1946
Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/11/1948 | SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam. |
| 10/6/1999 | INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana. |
| 4/13/1948 | Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa. |
| 12/4/1989 | Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 8/4/1931 | Narendra Shankar Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/10/1971 | Kochin University was established in Kerala. |
| 1/24/1966 | Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board. |
| 11/27/1999 | Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor. |
| 5/15/1864 | Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
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