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Historical Event on 5/1/1998

India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1999The Delhi police arrest Mohammad Javed alias Babu Bhai, an accused in the Jain Hawala case.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
1/1/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
2/7/1985Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
10/9/1968Olympic Games open in Mexico City.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.