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Historical Event on 12/1/1885

Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.

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6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
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5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
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