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Historical Event on 5/1/2000

Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1983Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.
1/29/1939Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
9/18/1996Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
1/15/1888Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
1/7/1993The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.
2/20/1992Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.