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Historical Event on 10/1/1997

Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
6/26/1975Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government.
7/31/1991Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
5/9/1996J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns.
6/22/1880Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam.
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.
11/19/1910Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'.
3/16/1910Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.