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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
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
12/19/1969Nayan Ramlal Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- ), was born in Baroda.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
4/1/1992The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
4/10/1901Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
3/12/1997aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi.