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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 |
| 11/14/1995 | National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi. |
| 12/7/1995 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana. |
| 1/9/1995 | T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections. |
| 2/11/1977 | B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India. |
| 7/23/1918 | Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 6/26/1888 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born. |
| 2/23/1969 | Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away. |
| 11/20/1998 | V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai. |
| 11/17/1935 | Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away. |
| 9/23/1983 | Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope. |
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