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Historical Event on 5/1/1987

The Bofors Deal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.
10/23/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire.
8/3/1939Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.
8/28/1896Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
5/13/1648Redfort construction was completed
5/27/1919Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away.