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Historical Event on 1/1/1944

Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
7/21/1658Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
4/24/1996SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct.
1/5/1995India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA.
5/2/1921Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
12/25/1846Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away.