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Historical Event on 12/1/1974
Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/19/1936 | Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 11/22/1872 | Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
| 3/12/1992 | Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC). |
| 5/17/1996 | Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 5/1/1994 | Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'. |
| 5/1/1994 | Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan. |
| 9/15/1947 | Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer. |
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