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Historical Event on 1/1/1931
Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
| 8/9/1996 | Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP. |
| 6/16/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi. |
| 1/30/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed. |
| 7/31/1974 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
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