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Historical Event on 5/1/1897

Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1897Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
6/6/1867Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
8/9/1909Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur.
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.