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Historical Event on 1/5/1893
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/15/1956 | A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels. |
12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
9/4/1993 | New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank. |
9/1/1999 | Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. |
5/16/1911 | Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah. |
11/12/1959 | Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away. |
2/7/1975 | Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away. |
4/23/1928 | Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P. |
7/15/1904 | Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
8/23/1994 | Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99). |
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