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Historical Event on 5/1/1995

SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.
9/11/1911Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.
4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
1/19/1839Aden conquered by British East India Company.
6/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.