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Historical Event on 6/1/1944

Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.
8/19/1916Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.
1/15/1947Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
4/17/1990Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
6/20/1918K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
12/27/1987Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
7/30/1996Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case.