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Historical Event on 3/1/1914
Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/25/2000 | The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited. |
| 1/5/2000 | Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament. |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 11/5/1994 | Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines. |
| 5/17/1927 | A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born. |
| 9/15/1999 | Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
| 3/18/1998 | A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code. |
| 5/6/1997 | 12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi. |
| 3/1/1962 | Gaya University renamed as Magadh University. |
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