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Historical Event on 5/1/1996
International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/21/1881 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P. |
| 4/10/1931 | Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born. |
| 8/13/1928 | Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament. |
| 10/12/1999 | Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP. |
| 1/27/1984 | First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 6/5/1882 | Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned. |
| 2/11/1989 | Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
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