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Historical Event on 1/5/1998

60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1924Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
1/30/1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
12/20/1990India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
12/31/1861Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.