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Historical Event on 2/1/1956

Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
3/18/1974Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away.
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
1/12/1990Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.
12/13/1984The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
11/25/1995The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation).