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Historical Event on 1/7/1993

The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1973Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
9/20/1992Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away.
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
1/4/1966ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
1/18/1968The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
10/29/1935Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born.