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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 |
| 7/10/1996 | Budget session of Parliament begins. |
| 7/31/1997 | Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant. |
| 4/3/1992 | Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), was formed. |
| 9/14/1992 | S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died. |
| 7/29/1991 | Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue. |
| 1/20/1871 | Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born. |
| 6/1/1993 | Burkino Faso President Blaise Campaore visits India. |
| 7/31/1974 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974. |
| 3/1/1917 | Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan. |
| 10/18/1712 | Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born. |
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