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Historical Event on 5/1/1996

International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1960Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.
4/30/1996CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
6/9/1909Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
2/14/16285th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.