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Historical Event on 3/1/1979

Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
2/14/1952Smt. Sushma Kaushal Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt. (Haryana).
3/23/1910Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952.
10/19/1907Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.
6/29/1901Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.