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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
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
5/29/1933Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
7/21/1658Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.