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Historical Event on 5/1/1996
P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1901 | V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born. |
| 9/26/1931 | At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on. |
| 8/10/2000 | Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket. |
| 2/25/1844 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born. |
| 10/2/2000 | Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey. |
| 9/9/1896 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 12/1/1885 | Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra. |
| 10/18/1992 | 1,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away. |
| 2/16/1992 | Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated. |
| 12/15/1675 | Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. |
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