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Historical Event on 1/5/1998
60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/10/1993 | The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns. |
| 3/23/1942 | Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League. |
| 10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
| 6/11/1976 | Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation. |
| 5/28/1972 | Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77. |
| 12/12/1905 | Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
| 11/25/1995 | The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation). |
| 2/3/1995 | The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable. |
| 3/27/1997 | South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit. |
| 2/16/1980 | The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898. |
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