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Historical Event on 1/1/1909
Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/23/1933 | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party, died at Ranchi. He was addresed by the people of Bengal as 'Deshapriya' (Beloved of the Country). |
10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
11/16/1989 | 66 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued. |
12/26/1921 | Nurul. S. Hasan, educationist and statesman, was born at Lucknow (U.P). |
3/7/1956 | A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India. |
2/25/1968 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970. |
2/3/1954 | Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi. |
9/11/1893 | Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago. |
9/11/1893 | Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
8/26/1997 | Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K. |
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