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Historical Event on 1/1/1918

Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
7/28/1872Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
5/8/1930Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.
11/9/1990JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party.
9/14/1971Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.