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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
8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
12/16/1998The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
7/20/1990GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.