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Historical Event on 7/1/1906

Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
12/13/1899Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
2/2/1970Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98.
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
6/14/1987Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
3/31/1867Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.