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Historical Event on 5/1/1997
Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/12/1993 | National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up. |
| 3/26/1977 | Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
| 3/26/1977 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 12/6/1993 | Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away. |
| 2/11/1997 | A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments. |
| 6/3/1890 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born. |
| 1/28/1877 | Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away. |
| 5/14/1994 | RBI announces tight monetary policy. |
| 2/23/1962 | Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started. |
| 10/16/1952 | Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi. |
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