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Historical Event on 1/1/1975

Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
7/12/1920Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
1/12/1992Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.
4/3/1994S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.