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Historical Event on 5/1/1908
Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1971 | India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi. |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
| 10/3/1907 | Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born. |
| 6/3/1916 | Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established. |
| 10/24/1934 | Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/27/1997 | South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit. |
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