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Historical Event on 5/1/2000
Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
| 6/18/1918 | A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away. |
| 11/18/1974 | Telex Service started between India and Pakistan. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 8/11/1997 | Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati. |
| 7/29/1997 | India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme. |
| 11/12/1997 | India elected to executive board of UNESCO. |
| 2/20/1987 | Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union. |
| 9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
| 8/12/1997 | Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai. |
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