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Historical Event on 5/1/1987

The Bofors Deal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
11/16/1887Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
10/26/1991Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.