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Historical Event on 5/1/1998

The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
6/13/1927Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.
6/2/1997Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
11/2/1774Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.