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Historical Event on 7/1/1909

Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
7/13/1998India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
9/3/1905Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born.
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
6/19/1949People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.