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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
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
4/23/1774British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.