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Historical Event on 1/1/1973
Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/30/1996 | Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai. |
| 8/12/1919 | Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad. |
| 2/12/1824 | Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi. |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
| 4/24/1996 | Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 8/29/1947 | A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab. |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 6/24/1969 | Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away. |
| 6/24/1969 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
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