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Historical Event on 7/1/1879

Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
5/28/1925Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born.
8/5/1991Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court.
3/31/1996Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
3/10/1897Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.
12/17/1999Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha.
9/14/1971Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.