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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
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
6/9/1659Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
2/6/1954Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India.
1/11/1994Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.