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Historical Event on 12/1/1921

Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1957Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, great leader, freedom fighter, educationist and Minister of India, died..
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3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
11/12/1762Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon.
10/15/1949Process of the integration of the Indian State was completed when the last three states - Tripura, Manipur and Banaras were merged.
2/27/1931Chandrashekhar Azad of Hindustan Republican Army shot himself to avoid British police arrest at Alfred Park, Allahabad.
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
2/22/1978Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985.