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Historical Event on 5/1/1995

SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
3/26/1996The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
6/1/1964Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'.
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.