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Historical Event on 1/6/1979
Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
| 3/28/1990 | Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient. |
| 12/25/1937 | Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar. |
| 8/18/1872 | Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra. |
| 11/24/1973 | E. V. Ramasami Naicker (EVR), founder leader of Dravida Kazhagam, passed away at the age of 94. |
| 11/27/1972 | Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan. |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 7/22/1996 | 1996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
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