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Historical Event on 2/1/1985

Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/2000Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.
5/2/1996General Election 2nd phase begins in 204 LS and 223 Assembly constituencies spread over 17 States & union territories.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
2/17/1976New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
8/11/1916Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.