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Historical Event on 5/1/1998

The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.
8/13/1960Marmik' weekly magzine published.
7/8/1918Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
11/5/1996United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).