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Historical Event on 7/1/1852

For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1978Shri Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
7/21/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.