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Historical Event on 1/5/1998

60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
2/17/1968Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
1/6/18424,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul..
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
12/30/1935Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
2/28/1989S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90.
6/22/1993JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.