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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
6/8/1968Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
10/23/1898Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
10/15/1995PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York.
2/25/1987The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
10/20/1752The grateful Wazir induced the emperor to make Badan Singh the 'Raja' with the title of Mahendra, and Suraj Mal the 'Mumar Bahadur' with the title of Rajendra.
12/28/1926Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born.