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Historical Event on 5/1/1998
India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 12/4/1910 | Amar Singh Ladha Nakum, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties), was born at Rajkot. |
| 10/3/1997 | Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'. |
| 1/1/1988 | On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking. |
| 6/7/1965 | Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 2/22/1958 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government. |
| 2/25/1897 | Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born. |
| 9/11/1993 | Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi. |
| 2/10/1931 | Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place. |
| 12/27/1988 | The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan. |
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