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Historical Event on 1/6/1979
Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1957 | General Election ( 2nd) of India ends. |
| 8/28/1993 | President's rule in J&K extended for another six months. |
| 10/21/1858 | Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born. |
| 9/24/1998 | In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999. |
| 1/28/1950 | Supreme Court of India was inaugurated. |
| 9/6/1996 | CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 2/1/1992 | Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born. |
| 6/14/1998 | S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai. |
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