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Historical Event on 1/31/1998
D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
7/1/1955 | S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957. |
11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
4/24/1994 | S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune. |
8/27/1976 | Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters. |
6/14/1990 | Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh. |
1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
11/7/1912 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore. |
4/26/1999 | India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
1/23/1927 | Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born. |
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