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Historical Event on 1/1/1892

Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1994M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
1/3/1831Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
1/31/1986Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
1/26/1981Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.
12/25/1889Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P.