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Historical Event on 5/1/1879
Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1975 | P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away. |
| 5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
| 11/20/1997 | Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding. |
| 7/23/1993 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle. |
| 6/26/1983 | Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat. |
| 9/19/1960 | Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan. |
| 1/24/1976 | Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries. |
| 5/14/1993 | Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill. |
| 1/12/1901 | Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 1/1/1934 | Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka. |
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