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Historical Event on 1/4/1881
Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1994 | Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India. |
| 1/27/1995 | K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term. |
| 11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
| 1/23/2000 | India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. |
| 10/20/1962 | The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit. |
| 10/18/1712 | Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born. |
| 12/3/1971 | Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief. |
| 6/7/1974 | Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999. |
| 5/21/1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M. |
| 10/10/1964 | Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo. |
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