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Historical Event on 12/1/1970

T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
2/16/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
5/6/1861Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
1/20/1992Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
6/4/1947Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
11/13/1991Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.