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Historical Event on 2/1/1956
Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/23/1992 | Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi. |
| 8/22/1992 | Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party. |
| 7/16/1999 | 17 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura. |
| 8/14/1862 | Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad. |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 1/8/1996 | Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 9/12/1899 | T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born. |
| 8/2/1942 | Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent. |
| 7/9/1995 | 17 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas. |
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