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Historical Event on 1/1/1934

Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1948Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
4/7/1938Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat).
5/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
6/30/1799Krishnaraj Bodiyar was once again declared as the King of Mysore.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
2/22/1977Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.
12/1/1960Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.