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Historical Event on 1/5/1955

Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).

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8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
1/3/1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
8/21/1986Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
1/18/1996N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.