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Historical Event on 3/1/1908

Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1851Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
12/24/1998A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists.
12/24/1998Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83.
10/1/1953The first new state in India since 1949, Andhra Pradesh, is established on purely linguistic basis and formally inaugurated. This state was created by sub-dividing state of India, Madras Province and this movement was started by Shriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life.
8/18/1957Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961.
1/15/1947Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
12/14/1985Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award.
11/27/1935Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.