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Historical Event on 1/5/1985

Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1998India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray.
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
3/17/1992Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
8/30/1989Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.