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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
7/5/1905Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
9/3/1931Dr. Chandreshwarprasad Rachamohan Thakur was born in Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar).
7/20/2000In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents.
4/21/1720Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath passed away and was succeeded by his son Peshwa Baji Rao I. He was a great soldier and General.
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
8/29/1998Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.