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Historical Event on 10/1/1997
Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/27/1998 | Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh. |
| 12/4/1920 | Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), was born in Jhansi, India. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 4/28/1996 | EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor. |
| 5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
| 8/23/1986 | B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989. |
| 10/15/2000 | Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand |
| 11/18/1960 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
| 6/4/1997 | Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service. |
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