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Historical Event on 1/1/1924

Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1985Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
8/18/1956Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
8/18/1990President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.