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Historical Event on 1/1/1914
Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
| 11/16/1915 | Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died. |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 11/19/1994 | Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa . |
| 1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
| 7/30/1993 | CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore. |
| 6/23/1992 | Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh. |
| 12/10/1993 | Kerala Congress(M) splits; Four MLAs, including Minister T.M.Jacob, expelled. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 12/30/1949 | India recognizes People's Republic of China. |
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