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Historical Event on 1/1/1900
Sathya Sai Baba was born
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1985 | Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi. |
| 10/1/1854 | Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26. |
| 10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 7/1/1952 | Olympic Games open at Helsinki. |
| 8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
| 5/10/1909 | Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born. |
| 3/17/1957 | New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 3/11/1903 | Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born. |
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