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Historical Event on 1/5/1952

U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
9/26/1923Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.
6/23/1980Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
4/6/1897Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
3/19/1997BJP and BSP agree for a coalition government in Uttar Pradesh.
6/25/1999PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham.