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Historical Event on 1/5/1953

Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
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.
8/19/1976Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh.
4/18/1914Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai.
9/26/1911Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.
3/25/1933Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born.
9/21/1962Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident.
5/7/1889Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
5/7/1889Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".