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Historical Event on 5/1/1998

The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1982Asian Games at Delhi concluded.
6/20/1957Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
9/24/1947Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.
3/17/1920Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh.
1/18/1980Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.
8/29/1928Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
1/8/1993Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
6/1/1996H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.