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Historical Event on 1/3/1985
Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1916 | Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
| 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. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 8/9/1995 | India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement. |
| 7/12/1920 | Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 5/15/1873 | The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England. |
| 11/28/1990 | Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector. |
| 9/13/1998 | Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 11/27/1972 | Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan. |
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