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Historical Event on 7/1/1909

Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.

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11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
6/23/1980Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
8/1/1846Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London.