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Historical Event on 1/1/1897

Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1775Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
7/22/1992The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
6/29/1966Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
7/8/1996T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
10/31/1991Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.