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Historical Event on 3/1/1978
Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 3/5/1868 | Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India. |
| 3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
| 1/1/1949 | A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated. |
| 6/30/1914 | Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa. |
| 5/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 9/30/1997 | At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir. |
| 10/15/1866 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
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