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Historical Event on 1/5/1968

Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
2/18/1871Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born.
9/30/1943Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died.
3/7/1974T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
12/8/1992World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.
11/5/1998Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
9/12/1992Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years.