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Historical Event on 1/1/1891
Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 12/23/1944 | U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born. |
| 2/6/1994 | Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 11/20/1981 | Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis. |
| 5/13/1953 | The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin. |
| 7/14/1999 | Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 3/16/1999 | The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC. |
| 8/9/1909 | Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur. |
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