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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.

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1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
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6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
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10/31/199426 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu.
8/29/1982Shree Maa Anandmayee of universal fame passed away. Her body was laid to rest at Shree Anandamayee Ashram in Kankhal.