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Historical Event on 10/1/1959

Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
3/20/1602United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.