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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
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
7/2/1970Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
10/27/1999Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.