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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 |
| 12/31/1923 | Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
| 1/25/1971 | Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor. |
| 7/8/1972 | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta. |
| 3/24/1896 | Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born. |
| 2/18/1906 | Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, chief of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born. |
| 11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
| 1/18/1998 | Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 4/4/1991 | Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I). |
| 3/13/1992 | Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away. |
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