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Historical Event on 1/1/1967
Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1948 | The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February. |
| 3/29/1978 | Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away. |
| 3/26/1938 | Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away. |
| 7/8/1996 | Suspended Dy. Municipal Commisioner Khairnar to be removed by Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation. |
| 3/3/1983 | Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi. |
| 12/28/1981 | Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned. |
| 1/15/1918 | K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP. |
| 8/20/1993 | Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria. |
| 8/2/1935 | The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India. |
| 1/30/1903 | Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta. |
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