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Historical Event on 5/1/1997
Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/27/1982 | Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died. |
| 8/4/1928 | Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born. |
| 11/27/1998 | India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final. |
| 6/14/1947 | Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India. |
| 8/26/1852 | Bombay Association was established. |
| 8/10/1927 | Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras. |
| 12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
| 5/23/1923 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 9/14/1997 | Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51. |
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