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Historical Event on 7/1/1938

Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
1/9/1841John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.
6/17/1996Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
9/23/1992Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.
6/4/1958The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.