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Historical Event on 1/1/1879

Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
8/26/1909Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born.
4/6/1934Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
1/31/1941Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC).
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
9/3/1993Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat.