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Historical Event on 1/6/1979

Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.

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2/1/1944Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born.
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10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
10/16/1971David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
10/19/1979T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
1/25/1989Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.