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Historical Event on 1/6/1818
Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
| 5/9/1866 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale, freedom fighter and political leader, was born in Kotluk village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. |
| 12/16/1971 | Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan. |
| 6/1/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
| 1/7/1900 | Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP. |
| 12/7/1825 | First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta. |
| 11/29/1989 | Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India. |
| 8/10/1755 | Narayanrao Peshwa was born. |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
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