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Historical Event on 5/1/1997
Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
| 6/23/1980 | Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I). |
| 7/25/1992 | K. Madhavan, CBI Jt. Director looking into the security scam, resigns. |
| 1/6/1842 | 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.. |
| 9/23/1803 | British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 10/27/1937 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died. |
| 1/20/1988 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
| 11/5/1999 | The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case. |
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