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Historical Event on 5/1/1995
SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
| 5/7/1994 | Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly. |
| 10/16/1788 | Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 3/3/1967 | India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow. |
| 9/8/1953 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at. |
| 9/4/1952 | India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached. |
| 3/3/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
| 12/6/1732 | Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK. |
| 10/12/1991 | Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi. |
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