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Historical Event on 5/1/1995
60 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1945 | UNO Day. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 8/4/1936 | Indian Government Act was approved by the king. |
| 9/11/1948 | Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 7/9/1979 | Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer, 2 Tests for India as WK and 1 catch, passed away. |
| 12/6/1990 | VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 7/22/1956 | Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing. |
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