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Historical Event on 5/1/1927

Dr. Namwar Singh was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1806Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
1/29/1853Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
1/8/1925Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
9/1/1999Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.