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Historical Event on 1/1/1894
Satyendranath Bose, Professor and famous Indian physics expert, was born, He worked with Albert Einstein for some time.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1894 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 9/29/1999 | Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting. |
| 12/17/1715 | Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army. |
| 1/12/1946 | De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above. |
| 9/24/1873 | Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
| 1/20/1684 | Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese. |
| 6/3/1912 | Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/25/1994 | Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55. |
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