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Historical Event on 1/7/1858

The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
5/26/1935Swami Mrigendra Channaya, great Social Scientist in Maharashtra, was born.
6/23/1911King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
2/24/1946Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
11/22/1999A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.