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Historical Event on 5/1/1966

Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1998The Samajwadi Party candidate for the Motihari Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Devendra Nath Dubey, is shot dead at Baniarpur in Patna.
2/1/1994ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company.
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.
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
2/24/1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
2/24/1899Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
1/22/1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.