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Historical Event on 3/1/1979

Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
10/9/1997Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers.
8/5/1965M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.