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Historical Event on 5/1/1973

All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay.
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
5/15/1999Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
2/19/1992A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.
1/18/1950India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries.
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
12/22/1986Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.