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Historical Event on 7/1/1821

Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1924Ikramullah (Ikram Sagri) Khan, famous Hindi poet, was born at Rehli in Madhya Pradesh.
3/4/1990Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM.
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
10/29/1967Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
9/7/1998Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.
12/10/1998Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London.