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Historical Event on 5/1/1996
Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/3/1991 | India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 7/2/1991 | Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died. |
| 5/14/1907 | Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born. |
| 5/14/1907 | Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district. |
| 2/10/1961 | P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'. |
| 5/24/1903 | Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 4/5/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 11/6/1905 | Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar. |
| 3/30/1993 | India forgoes Narmada loan balance because of World Bank's strict regulations. |
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