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Historical Event on 1/1/1897
Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1955 | Hindu Marriage Act is amended. |
| 2/25/1897 | Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born. |
| 3/12/1992 | The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker. |
| 7/1/1968 | Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi. |
| 9/7/2000 | The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999. |
| 3/24/2000 | Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways. |
| 9/2/1984 | Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar. |
| 9/27/1873 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat. |
| 3/13/1997 | Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
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