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Historical Event on 5/1/1940

Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1924Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
12/3/1991Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan.