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Historical Event on 5/1/1997
Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1877 | Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar. |
| 7/22/1925 | Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 9/26/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
| 2/26/1996 | Parliament's budget session opens. |
| 9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
| 3/28/1994 | Leaders attack trade protectionism. |
| 3/28/1994 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 6/12/1970 | Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away. |
| 10/12/1967 | National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India. |
| 2/2/1996 | Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair. |
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