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Historical Event on 3/1/1995

Iftikar, famous character actor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
3/9/1650Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away.
10/21/1999B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
10/21/1999Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.