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Historical Event on 5/1/1973

All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
6/10/1957Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
1/6/1847Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
7/29/1884Tyagraj Paramshiv Kailasam, leading playwright of Kannad language, was born.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
8/10/1991Delhi airport police foils an attempt by a Saudi national to smuggle out a minor girl named Ameena.
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.