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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
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
12/28/1996India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
12/27/1911Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta.
6/13/1879Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
3/12/1917Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
11/14/1993Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.