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Historical Event on 5/1/1983

V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1937Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
10/21/1789Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa kingdom, died.
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.