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Historical Event on 12/1/1970

T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
9/20/1933Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
1/30/1785Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born.