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Historical Event on 10/1/1959

Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1892Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born.
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
11/5/1605Accession of Jahangir
1/1/1991Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
5/29/1947Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
3/4/1879Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
3/1/1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.
9/24/1934Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai.