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Historical Event on 1/1/1967

Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
7/31/1974B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
2/24/1880Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born.
9/1/1921Madhav Krishnaji Mantri, right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper, was born at Nasik, Maharashtra. He was the Indian team selector from 1964 to 1968 and was also the team manager in 1990.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).