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Historical Event on 5/1/1998

India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1995Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
10/22/1983The Union government reduces the upper age limit for the Civil Services Examination from 28 years to 26 years.
8/26/1975Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
8/6/1997Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.