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Historical Event on 5/1/1996

Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
1/2/1994Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
7/1/1997Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.
12/25/1763Suraj Mal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur, was killed by Najib-ud -Daulah s troops.
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.
6/6/1935Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.