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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 |
| 7/30/1996 | Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case. |
| 6/22/1897 | The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter. |
| 4/17/1997 | Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died. |
| 5/18/1995 | Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act. |
| 2/11/1818 | Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas. |
| 3/3/1906 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born. |
| 1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
| 12/26/1991 | Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India. |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 3/9/1931 | The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London. |
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