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Historical Event on 10/1/1997
Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1870 | Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding. |
| 10/1/1854 | Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26. |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 11/25/1999 | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. |
| 3/6/1961 | India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
| 9/3/2000 | National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai. |
| 9/7/1998 | Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77. |
| 2/12/1824 | Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
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