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Historical Event on 1/21/1952

Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1959K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away.
12/12/1901Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.
10/2/1910D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
12/26/1997Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I).
9/14/1919Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat.
6/3/1992M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman, asked to go on leave following security scam.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.