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Historical Event on 5/1/1927

Dr. Namwar Singh was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
7/22/1992The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
9/9/1999Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.
12/1/1990Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
2/6/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
8/6/1997Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.