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Historical Event on 1/7/1994
The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1997 | Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country. |
| 2/28/1930 | Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
| 3/11/1994 | The Supreme Court upholds sacking of BJP Governments; Balasaheb Deoras quits as RSS Chief; Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiya to succeed. |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion. |
| 7/28/1994 | Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
| 9/15/1992 | Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked. |
| 7/29/1876 | Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta. |
| 9/23/1999 | India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control. |
| 11/27/1994 | D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away. |
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