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Historical Event on 5/1/1996

International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
7/29/1927Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
6/30/1991A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam.
8/4/2000Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.