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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.
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| 6/25/1997 | USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders. |
| 8/23/1958 | Marathwada University was started. |
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| 2/6/1915 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP. |
| 2/6/1915 | Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India. |
| 8/29/1923 | Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born. |
| 7/29/1994 | Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants. |
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