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Historical Event on 1/1/1989
Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 5/31/1947 | Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection. |
| 5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
| 11/15/1993 | Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme |
| 8/21/1955 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away. |
| 1/21/1969 | First India built electronic digital computer commissioned. |
| 3/7/1996 | Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians. |
| 9/18/1967 | English was adopted the official language of Nagaland . |
| 3/27/2000 | After more than two-and-a-half-years, a Delhi court resumes trial in the St. Kitts forgery case following Delhi High Court's order upholding the lower court's verdict on framing of charges. |
| 9/17/1934 | Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts. |
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