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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
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
11/13/1962Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
9/8/1982Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77.
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
7/3/1991The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.