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Historical Event on 5/1/1987
The Bofors Deal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/12/1988 | Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 7/8/1985 | Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu. |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 2/1/1964 | Unit Trust of India' established. |
| 7/1/1947 | Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 9/30/1908 | Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born. |
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