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Historical Event on 1/1/1892

Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
1/23/1920Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.