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Historical Event on 5/1/1996

International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1924Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind.
9/7/1905Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
8/6/1962Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
3/31/1663Mir Jumla, Mughal Commander, passed away in Bihar.
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
9/12/1994UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
6/11/1901Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born.