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Historical Event on 1/5/1893

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
1/25/1957Kashmir becomes Indian state.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'