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Historical Event on 1/6/1832

Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
10/27/1904Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
5/18/1973A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'.