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Historical Event on 6/1/1947

Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
12/28/1928First talkie feature film 'Melody of Love' was released in India. The film was made by Universal Picture Corporation, America. It's premier was held at Elphinstone Picture Palace, Calcutta.
1/15/1988Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.