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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
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
11/30/1759Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
11/5/1927Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
12/4/1982Asian Games at Delhi concluded.
12/6/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay.