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Historical Event on 1/27/1901
Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/28/1985 | M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89). |
6/1/1930 | Baba Adhav was born. |
8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
9/30/1894 | Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born. |
10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
2/14/1925 | Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born. |
5/4/1993 | Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced. |
3/2/2000 | Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana. |
6/19/1997 | Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir. |
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