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Historical Event on 5/1/1940

Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
10/31/1963Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
3/22/1933M.V.Nagendra, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1963-77, was born at Karnataka.
4/3/1950Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
11/20/1998Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
1/6/1999Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.