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Historical Event on 01/05/1592
ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
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| 5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
| 12/1/2000 | An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident. |
| 10/9/1964 | K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party. |
| 1/1/1979 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"". |
| 9/10/1980 | Mangalore University established. |
| 3/26/1990 | Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns. |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 10/25/1971 | National Science and Technology Committee established. |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 7/1/1990 | General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff. |
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