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Historical Event on 1/1/1879

Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1972First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
1/5/1982C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.
6/4/1947Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.