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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
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
8/17/1909Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
9/18/1932A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.
9/18/1932Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
1/18/1906Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur.
3/10/1897Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.