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Historical Event on 1/4/1954

Judge Mehr Chand Mahajan became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 22/12/1954.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1947Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
5/27/1998Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
8/13/1911Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born.
3/8/1930Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
10/10/1946Noakhali Massacre.