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Historical Event on 5/1/1999

India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
6/3/1890Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
8/25/1992Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
1/16/1924In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.
11/20/1902Gandhiji returned to South Africa at the request of the Indian community and revived the Indians against Anti-Asian Laws.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
10/21/1998Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad.
3/1/2000Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.