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Historical Event on 3/1/1924

Naresh Mehta was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1924Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
5/18/1973A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
9/12/1931Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.
6/7/2000Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
6/22/1993The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.