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Historical Event on 10/1/1959
Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/3/1908 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers. |
| 9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
| 1/18/1995 | Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala. |
| 6/30/1914 | Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa. |
| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 11/5/1951 | Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup. |
| 7/6/1986 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, passed away. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communication Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70), Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record.(5-4-91). |
| 11/16/1913 | Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 11/25/1956 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians. |
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