1-May1867

Sri Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Pantulu, great freedom fighter, journalist, nationalist,
politician, pioneer in library movement and litterateur, was born at Elakurru village in
Gudivada Taluk, District Krishna.

1-May1879

Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.

1-May1886

May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.

1-May1897

Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.

1-May1902

Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.

1-May1908

Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur,
killing two inocent women.

1-May1909

Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and
spoke about the cruelty of Britishers.

1-May1913

Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.

1-May1915

Rameshwar Shukla 'Anchal', modern Hindi poet, novelist and essay writer, was born.

1-May1922

Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at
Pune, Maharashtra.

1-May1923

Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.

1-May1926

Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who
had attacked and killed about 125 people.

1-May1927

Dr. Namwar Singh was born.

1-May-

Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.

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1-May1946

Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India.

1-May1947

Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.

1-May1948

Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.

1-May1958

Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding
Officer.

1-May1960

Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.

1-May1964

Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.

1-May1966

Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.

1-May1972

All fuel coal mines were nationalised.

1-May1973

All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.

1-May1977

Janata Party was established.

1-May1981

Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State.

1-May1983

Amravati University established.

1-May1983

V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.

1-May1987

The Bofors Deal.

1-May1992

Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.

1-May1992

C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away.

1-May1993

Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.

1-May1994

Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established.

1-May1994

Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar,
which wanted a 'Sikh State'.

1-May1995

60 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet

1-May1995

SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian
Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.

1-May1996

Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the
life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.

1-May1996

International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first
woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament
with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.

1-May1996

P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against
him in the hawala case.

1-May1996

Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).

1-May1997

Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.

1-May-

Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.

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1-May1998

The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.

1-May1998

India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of
Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.

1-May1999

India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.

1-May2000

Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry
Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.