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Historical Event on 3/1/1978

Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
2/1/1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
7/16/1917Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
6/23/1920Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born.