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Historical Event on 1/10/1979
Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/30/1909 | Gandhiji reaches South Africa. |
| 11/11/1888 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life. |
| 2/17/1976 | New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India. |
| 12/8/1970 | Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers. |
| 12/29/1972 | Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced. |
| 5/14/1914 | Ekanath Dattatreya Kulkarni, educationist and writer, was born at Bhaloni, Tal Pandharpur. |
| 4/1/1979 | Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research. |
| 3/7/1934 | Nariman Jamshedji Contractor ""Nari Contractor"", cricketer (Indian batsman & captain) was born in Godhra, Gujarat. |
| 12/25/1946 | Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"". |
| 5/20/1878 | Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated. |
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