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Historical Event on 5/1/1996

Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1972Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
1/29/1912Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
3/16/1910Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.