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Historical Event on 5/1/1897

Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1954Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
9/24/1859Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.
9/30/1992Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.