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Historical Event on 1/9/1935

Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1947P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace.
11/8/1966Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
1/25/1999Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.
5/5/1989Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.
8/28/1896Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.