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Historical Event on 1/1/1900
Sathya Sai Baba was born
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1839 | Tea from India first arrives in UK. |
| 3/2/1994 | Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 5/14/1953 | Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957. |
| 11/3/1908 | Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 11/15/1920 | Assembly meeting of the League of Nations. |
| 5/25/1997 | Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora. |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
| 9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
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