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Historical Event on 5/1/1996

International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
8/25/1963Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away.
1/19/1963Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
4/26/1841Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
11/16/1958India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
11/12/1880Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).