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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
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
10/13/1967Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died.
4/2/2000Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
11/1/1956Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.
12/27/1975372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.