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Historical Event on 5/1/1995

SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1989Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party
5/6/2000Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
7/13/1999Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.
12/6/1993Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away.
3/23/1923Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.