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Historical Event on 1/5/1968

Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
10/17/19037th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
2/23/1932The N. W. Frontier province is created.
4/24/1973Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.
5/25/1611Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
6/19/1871Madhavrao Sapre was born.
12/28/1926Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.