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Historical Event on 5/1/1926
Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1926 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 5/31/1995 | Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs. |
| 1/18/1990 | Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 5/23/1998 | L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs. |
| 11/3/1990 | Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 12/10/1878 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'. |
| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
| 4/3/1994 | S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party. |
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