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Historical Event on 1/1/1934

Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1989R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
12/25/1954Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
1/15/1999Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai.
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.
2/24/1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
8/23/1986B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.