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Historical Event on 5/1/1972

All fuel coal mines were nationalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1941No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar.
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
1/14/1851Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
6/1/1964Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha.
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.