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Historical Event on 1/3/1922
Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/2/1959 | Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83), was born in Purnea, Bihar. |
| 1/26/1993 | Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest. |
| 8/18/1985 | Assam Assembly dissolved (18). |
| 3/28/1991 | IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore. |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 11/3/1992 | Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 10/1/1867 | Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur |
| 7/21/1883 | Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta. |
| 9/4/1929 | N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka. |
| 9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
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