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Historical Event on 1/4/1954

Judge Mehr Chand Mahajan became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 22/12/1954.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
10/1/1991India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
8/10/2000Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
6/18/1979Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.