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Historical Event on 5/1/1913

Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
6/30/1799Krishnaraj Bodiyar was once again declared as the King of Mysore.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
10/26/1950Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
10/31/1991Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.