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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 |
| 5/7/1996 | Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar. |
| 2/13/1936 | Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai. |
| 9/28/1965 | India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan. |
| 5/5/1993 | Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs. |
| 5/15/1999 | The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance. |
| 8/8/1990 | Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died. |
| 6/1/1874 | East India Company was dissolved. |
| 12/4/1977 | Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born. |
| 6/16/1993 | Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded. |
| 7/3/1985 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988. |
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