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Historical Event on 1/1/1969

B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
1/26/1988A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89).
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
9/15/1967Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
4/30/1909Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab).
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.