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Historical Event on 6/1/1964
Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1861 | Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 11/6/1952 | Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born. |
| 11/6/1952 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 6/3/1818 | Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends. |
| 5/17/1992 | Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed. |
| 2/3/1984 | Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered. |
| 1/3/1997 | Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha. |
| 9/3/1997 | Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died. |
| 1/31/1941 | Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC). |
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