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Historical Event on 10/1/1847

Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1968Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.
12/28/1951Recognition to Libya by India accorded.
7/31/1952Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
1/30/1948Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
12/31/1995K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
7/23/1918Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.