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Historical Event on 10/1/1997

Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
9/14/1932Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born.
6/22/1993The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.
10/28/1997Gold import placed under Open General Licence.
6/26/1992The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.
6/29/1909Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.