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Historical Event on 1/1/1955
Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 8/10/1927 | Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras. |
| 1/8/1908 | Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born. |
| 4/12/1799 | The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican missions agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine. |
| 2/16/1993 | Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy. |
| 9/2/1992 | Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed. |
| 5/20/1750 | Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect. |
| 9/4/1980 | Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi. |
| 4/20/1973 | Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
| 1/2/1994 | India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months. |
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