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Historical Event on 1/5/1952
John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1971 | Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries. |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 1/25/1856 | Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians. |
| 2/11/1993 | Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages. |
| 7/27/1995 | 11 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes. |
| 8/3/1967 | Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died. |
| 11/27/2000 | Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident. |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/2/1991 | Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam. |
| 10/11/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely. |
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