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Historical Event on 5/1/1997

Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
3/5/1989Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns.
10/5/1990Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
4/10/1995Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.