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Historical Event on 5/1/1998
The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1987 | G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 2/8/1948 | Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'. |
| 1/30/1971 | Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
| 10/26/1962 | After Chinese attack, Emergency and Defence of India Ordinance was declared for the first time in India by the President. |
| 7/14/1923 | Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan). |
| 4/28/1952 | The war between Japan and India ended. |
| 10/11/1994 | Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42. |
| 2/20/1985 | Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"". |
| 11/5/1870 | Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta. |
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