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Historical Event on 1/7/1956
Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/1796 | Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace. |
| 12/10/1997 | Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi. |
| 10/20/1999 | The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 1/27/1974 | President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi. |
| 11/5/1994 | Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines. |
| 7/22/1678 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore. |
| 3/5/1995 | Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away. |
| 7/22/1998 | India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
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