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Historical Event on 6/1/1947

Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
10/14/1947Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
6/18/1943Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.