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Historical Event on 5/1/2000
Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1998 | The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar. |
| 7/15/1902 | Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 10/1/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy. |
| 9/25/1927 | Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan). |
| 6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 7/14/1923 | Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan). |
| 8/9/1970 | Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi. |
| 7/31/1938 | Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born. |
| 11/8/1997 | India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi. |
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