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Historical Event on 1/1/1924
Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 8/8/1936 | Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country. |
| 1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
| 7/13/1907 | Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 7/16/1909 | Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana. |
| 7/26/1994 | Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 3/25/1928 | S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born. |
| 4/27/1606 | Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
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