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Historical Event on 6/1/1916
Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/1993 | Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours. |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 1/21/1820 | Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 1/20/1992 | Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup. |
| 10/14/1885 | Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P. |
| 10/1/1958 | Metric System of weights was introduced in India. |
| 4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
| 2/13/1989 | Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala. |
| 10/26/1937 | Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born. |
| 12/4/1998 | Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition. |
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