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Historical Event on 12/1/1970
T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/18/1887 | Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar. |
| 7/31/1902 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala. |
| 1/9/1935 | Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur. |
| 9/30/1999 | Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature. |
| 4/4/1910 | Sri Aurobindo left politics and reached Pondicherry, where he made the seat of Yoga. |
| 7/21/1658 | Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 11/8/1999 | The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa. |
| 7/2/1938 | Chandra K. N. Patel was born at Baramati near Pune. In 1974, he was the youngest scientist to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Besides, he is the recipient of the Ballantine Medal, The Worykin Award and The lamme Medal. Chandra K. N. Patel is the Executive Director of one of the divisions of the AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA. |
| 9/3/2000 | National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai. |
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