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Historical Event on 3/1/1992

Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
1/25/1957Kashmir becomes Indian state.
1/9/1841John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
8/29/1974Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh.
12/5/1991The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.