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Historical Event on 1/5/1952
John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1818 | British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence. |
| 8/4/1936 | Indian Government Act was approved by the king. |
| 12/12/1872 | Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born. |
| 10/20/1947 | First battle between India and Pakistan. |
| 1/27/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution. |
| 8/13/1928 | Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament. |
| 9/21/1895 | Annapurnanand, great writer, was born. |
| 9/14/1774 | Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born. |
| 5/21/1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
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