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Historical Event on 1/1/1877
Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/19/1998 | The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly. |
| 1/11/1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. |
| 5/8/1995 | Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
| 12/17/1999 | Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 10/9/1949 | The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General. |
| 12/14/1924 | Ranbir Raj Kapoor, famous film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 10/27/1605 | Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. After his death his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra. |
| 11/17/1986 | SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
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