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Historical Event on 12/1/1993
Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland. |
| 8/15/1972 | Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced. |
| 3/24/1924 | Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born. |
| 4/26/1999 | India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
| 10/17/1970 | Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore. |
| 12/17/1999 | Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/17/1948 | Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service. |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
| 1/6/1981 | Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres. |
| 1/6/1981 | Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years. |
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