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Historical Event on 5/1/1897

Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
7/29/1927Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born.
10/27/1997UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
4/11/1999A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai.