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Historical Event on 5/1/1998

India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
11/25/1866Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow.
1/10/1922Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
6/23/1935Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.