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Historical Event on 5/1/2000

Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1998The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
1/2/1878Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and first president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, was born at Perunna village, Kerala State.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.