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Historical Event on 12/1/1993

Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1999Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
9/24/193119 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.
7/23/1996India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
12/14/1999The Prime Minister informs the Lok Sabha that Ram Prakash Gupta has denied the remarks on temple construction.
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.