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Historical Event on 5/1/1999

India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
12/23/1990All India BMAC and VHP hand over theĀ historicalĀ and archaeological documents to support their claim to Home Ministry officials.
8/1/1993Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
10/6/1954Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
9/11/1824Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.
1/5/1952Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died.
8/21/1990Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .