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Historical Event on 1/1/1989

Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1990L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.
9/23/1992Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
4/15/1901Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
9/20/1999T. R. Rajakumari (78), the dream girl of the Tamil silver screen for over two decades, died.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.