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Historical Event on 1/7/1956

Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.
2/2/1949Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.
4/17/1946Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away.
9/8/1993Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.
6/13/1927Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
6/10/1900Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
6/6/1924S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.