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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 |
| 10/13/1781 | A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia. |
| 10/13/1781 | Saint Namdev passed away. |
| 7/29/1994 | Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants. |
| 11/23/1926 | Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born. |
| 6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
| 6/23/1920 | Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born. |
| 4/3/1984 | Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 6/26/1888 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born. |
| 11/1/1930 | S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar. |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
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