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Historical Event on 5/1/1995

60 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
9/17/1938Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
12/9/1999Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
5/6/1922Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.