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Historical Event on 5/1/1948

Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1890Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
10/24/1995Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.