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Historical Event on 1/4/1954

Judge Mehr Chand Mahajan became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 22/12/1954.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1992Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party.
7/18/1695Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
10/18/1927Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.