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Historical Event on 7/1/1984

Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
4/12/1992M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away.
7/14/1999Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
10/30/1996Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
5/4/1990Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
11/21/1969Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.