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Historical Event on 1/6/1987

Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
9/21/1966Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia.
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
10/26/1932Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.
3/20/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
6/3/1901Admiral 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.
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.