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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
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
11/6/1997Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
9/12/1627Ibrahim Adilshah died.
11/15/1920Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
9/19/1927Kunwar Narayan, famous writer of 'Atmajayee' and 'Akaron Ke Aas Pas', was born.
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.