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Historical Event on 5/1/1966

Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
10/1/1997Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
2/16/1982Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament.
2/16/1982Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
3/1/1955Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
4/13/1997Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.