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Historical Event on 5/1/1999

India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1930Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra.
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.
9/29/1996Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.
10/11/1986Mother Teresa escapes unhurt from a plane crash which killed six in Tanzania.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
4/19/1975First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.