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Historical Event on 1/7/1858

The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
5/13/1996M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
8/20/1955Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
9/1/1981Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984.