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Historical Event on 10/1/1919

Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
12/1/1982Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
10/31/1991Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.
3/9/1863Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born.