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Historical Event on 5/1/1997

Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
7/2/1993Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law.
12/8/1942Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
1/1/1981This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"".
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
5/7/1991Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.