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Historical Event on 1/1/1851
Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/1818 | Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85. |
| 1/24/1921 | T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born. |
| 10/29/1967 | Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away. |
| 10/19/1888 | Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem. |
| 3/21/1998 | Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate. |
| 6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
| 2/12/1996 | Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. |
| 6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
| 6/4/1912 | Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala. |
| 6/11/1998 | Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand. |
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