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Historical Event on 1/5/1998

Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/196199 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
10/4/1977Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
8/7/1947BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
1/16/1924In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.