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Historical Event on 1/5/1998

Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
1/7/1885Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born.
2/23/1998Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar.
2/27/1912Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
3/10/1999Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
5/29/1993Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered.