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Historical Event on 5/1/1997

Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
11/29/1945Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.