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Historical Event on 12/1/1885
Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/12/1666 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 10/3/1950 | India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York. |
| 12/11/1991 | Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march). |
| 2/12/1997 | Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria 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. |
| 4/21/1991 | Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away. |
| 11/2/1908 | 50 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy. |
| 11/7/2000 | Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament. |
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