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Historical Event on 5/1/1913

Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
8/5/1909Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
1/18/1913Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.