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Historical Event on 5/1/1960

Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
12/31/1965Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
11/19/1992M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka.
6/3/1929Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
4/17/1983Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.