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Historical Event on 1/5/1985

Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
7/25/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. His held this office till July 25, 1982.
2/5/1993The Supreme Court directs the Union Government to forcibly produce Manipur Speaker Dr. Borobabu Singh before it on March 23 in a contempt case.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
10/20/1991Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.