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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
3/2/1990DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
2/15/1865Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
2/15/1865Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.
6/14/1992Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar.