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Historical Event on 1/7/1831

Heinrich Von Stephan, famous general of postal union and freedom fighter, was born at Pomerania.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
3/12/1967Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.
3/14/1967Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia), was born in Gonda.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
1/2/2000Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
5/4/1932Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .