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Historical Event on 5/1/1999

India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
3/20/1997Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
12/12/1965Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras.
1/30/1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.
6/24/1885Tara Singh, freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master, was born in the village Haryal, District Rawalpindi.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
7/14/1656Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born.
12/19/1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.