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Historical Event on 12/1/1993
World AIDS day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 1/18/1998 | Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 3/11/1975 | Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda. |
| 4/11/1913 | Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh |
| 7/22/1997 | Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70. |
| 9/10/1887 | Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
| 8/18/1800 | Fort William College was established at Calcutta. |
| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
| 12/16/1994 | Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office. |
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