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Historical Event on 1/1/1897

Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1948Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.
11/21/1993India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
4/22/1996Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
12/10/1870Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born.
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.