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Historical Event on 1/1/1948

India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1893Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
3/1/1995Iftikar, famous character actor, died.
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.