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Historical Event on 5/1/1908
Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
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| 10/25/1964 | First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'. |
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| 2/1/1942 | Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment. |
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| 1/23/1960 | Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away. |
| 10/3/1992 | Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay. |
| 11/17/1991 | Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes. |
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