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Historical Event on 1/1/1944

Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.

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9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
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2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
4/12/1992M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away.
11/9/1871Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
7/26/1991Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe bandh over Cauvery water issue.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
10/27/1973The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.