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Historical Event on 7/1/1938

Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
12/22/1939When Britain declared war against the Germans it appealed for help from all political parties. Congress put up some conditions which in other words were the immediate transfer of power. The Viceroy promised to give due consideration to the suggestions of each party and that the dominion status would be given after the war. Congress in order to pressurize the Govt. boycotted all ministries and started a civil disobedience movement and eventually resigned. Jinnah declared 22nd Dec 1939 as ""Day of Deliveranc
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.