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Historical Event on 3/1/1939

Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1993Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
4/16/1992The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.
3/13/1992Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.