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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
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
11/6/1913Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
10/1/1867Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur
6/3/1992Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured in a road accident.
8/15/1998Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
2/23/1969Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away.
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.