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Historical Event on 5/1/1987
The Bofors Deal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
| 12/12/1872 | Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born. |
| 5/13/1857 | Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP. |
| 7/20/1654 | Portugal was taken over by Britishers. |
| 11/12/1996 | Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
| 4/18/1978 | Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 10/20/1999 | The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts. |
| 8/9/1992 | Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay. |
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