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Historical Event on 1/5/1869
Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/10/1909 | Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke. |
| 10/26/1950 | Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras. |
| 3/24/1993 | Six of Memon family escape to Karachi. |
| 3/29/1849 | Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar. |
| 1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
| 12/29/1927 | Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died. |
| 6/1/1944 | M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 3/10/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker. |
| 5/4/1849 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born. |
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