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Historical Event on 1/1/1851
Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/11/1997 | Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games. |
| 11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
| 12/15/1974 | Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died. |
| 6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
| 3/31/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous). |
| 2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 1/17/1952 | The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad. |
| 7/11/2000 | Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
| 2/10/1986 | Pope John Paul II ends visit to India. |
| 12/22/1966 | U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India. |
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