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Historical Event on 5/1/1996
International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 12/5/1933 | Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P. |
| 11/22/1997 | Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad. |
| 2/21/1894 | Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab. |
| 10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
| 1/29/1931 | Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu. |
| 2/12/1824 | Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi. |
| 2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
| 6/6/1998 | All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region. |
| 4/18/1930 | Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army. |
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