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Historical Event on 1/3/1923
Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/31/1994 | The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal. |
4/21/1991 | Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away. |
8/21/1955 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away. |
5/29/1967 | First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory. |
12/22/1877 | Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born. |
2/3/1988 | INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers. |
9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
6/1/1972 | Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS). |
1/18/1999 | Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna. |
12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
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