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Historical Event on 5/1/1867

Sri Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Pantulu, great freedom fighter, journalist, nationalist, politician, pioneer in library movement and litterateur, was born at Elakurru village in Gudivada Taluk, District Krishna.

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7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
10/14/1980S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died.
3/2/1952Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company.
1/29/1781First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
10/30/1976Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.