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Historical Event on 1/5/1994

Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1998Maganbhai Kasundra, (50), Gujarat Minister, dies following a heart attack at his residence in Gandhinagar.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
6/29/1909Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.