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Historical Event on 12/1/1894

Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
9/11/1911Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
12/20/1929The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.
3/17/2000V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.