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Historical Event on 5/1/1983
V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1997 | I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October. |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
| 3/31/1663 | Mir Jumla, Mughal Commander, passed away in Bihar. |
| 8/1/1963 | Soviets offer India arms to block China. |
| 1/20/1994 | Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta. |
| 6/21/1998 | India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/19/1945 | Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan. |
| 4/17/1996 | Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court. |
| 10/15/1972 | Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died. |
| 1/5/1995 | PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai. |
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