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Historical Event on 2/1/1967

Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
2/13/1993School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.
2/25/1927Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.