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Historical Event on 1/1/1944

Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
1/24/1996H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
1/22/1980Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
6/13/1992Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached.
11/13/1962Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died
7/23/2000Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand.