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Historical Event on 1/7/1928

Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1995The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation).
4/17/1945Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
9/11/1895Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra.
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .