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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
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
3/15/1993Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200.
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
2/14/1970Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
4/26/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
7/14/1656Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.