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Historical Event on 1/1/1975

Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1903Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
10/16/1922M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.
4/18/1966Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great Physical Training and Yoga expert, passed away.
12/6/1992300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.
5/10/1910Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
9/17/1892Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.