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Historical Event on 1/3/1836
Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1970 | All India Trade Union Congress was divided. |
| 1/5/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad. |
| 9/4/1967 | 6.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people. |
| 11/5/1928 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 10/4/1997 | Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody. |
| 9/12/1998 | Bihar flood toll mounts to 320. |
| 2/6/1995 | India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi. |
| 10/1/1847 | Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London. |
| 4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
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