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Historical Event on 1/6/1981

Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
9/8/1991Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
3/13/1800Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.