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Historical Event on 1/5/1952
John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1954 | Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom |
| 1/14/1905 | Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 9/3/1915 | Following the monsoon, a good harvest is expected, except in Gujarat, in northern Rajputana and Punjab where isolated falls were recorded in Delhi. |
| 1/2/1991 | Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport. |
| 1/30/1996 | Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe. |
| 4/17/1941 | Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities. |
| 1/3/1931 | Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born. |
| 8/23/1986 | B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989. |
| 12/23/2000 | The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''. |
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