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Historical Event on 3/1/1914

Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
1/20/1992Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
2/19/1956Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
8/15/1968Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published.
7/12/1994Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.