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Historical Event on 5/1/1995
60 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 4/3/1700 | Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals. |
| 3/19/1998 | E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
| 4/21/1991 | Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away. |
| 3/6/1775 | Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War. |
| 4/16/1903 | Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance. |
| 6/19/1949 | People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union. |
| 5/14/1994 | LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. |
| 9/16/1932 | Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize. |
| 11/6/1962 | National Defence Council established. |
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