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Historical Event on 5/1/1996

Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
7/23/1996India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta.
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
9/24/1992Five selected regional TV channels go national by direct linking to INSAT.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).