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Historical Event on 1/5/1998

60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
9/23/1992Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.
1/17/1952The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.
11/19/199722 persons killed and 30 injured when car bomb explodes outside film studio in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. The deceased include Eanadu TV crew of six people.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
5/20/1776Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
6/27/1922Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856