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Historical Event on 1/1/1989

Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
1/19/1990Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
12/22/1975Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d
3/1/1996Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.
5/19/1913Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.