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Historical Event on 1/1/1851

Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
7/14/1946India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice.
2/14/1807Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.