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Historical Event on 5/1/2000
Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.

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11/18/1901	V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
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2/4/1944	Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
5/19/1979	Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.
1/23/1978	The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
1/21/1956	Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
8/16/1980	Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
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8/29/1947	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.

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Historical Event on 5/1/2000 Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.

Historical Event on 5/1/2000
Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.