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Historical Event on 5/1/1996
P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/14/1990 | Akash' missile tested successfully. |
| 5/8/1962 | Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal. |
| 2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 10/1/1904 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar "A.K.Gopalan" was born in Cannanore district, north Kerala. He was a freedom fighter and leader of communist movement in Keral |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 12/30/1935 | Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK. |
| 9/4/1979 | India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429. |
| 2/14/1999 | Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal. |
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