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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
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
9/22/1994G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
6/12/1947Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
11/24/1952Brijesh Parsuram Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77), was born in Baroda.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
4/6/1985Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.