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Historical Event on 7/1/1958

Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
2/17/1992Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
9/13/1997India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.