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Historical Event on 1/1/1989

Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
6/30/1755Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
5/31/1973Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.