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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
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
8/14/1980Centre nationalizes Maruti company.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.