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Historical Event on 5/1/1998

India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
5/4/1990Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
4/9/1893Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh.
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.