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VAN MAHOTSAV WEEK |
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July 01 to 07 - Every Year |
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ABDUL HAMID, PVC |
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July 01 - Birth Anniversary |
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AKHILESH YADAV |
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July 01 - Birthday |
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AMAR KANT |
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July 01 - Birth Anniversary |
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ARUN JAITLEY |
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July 01, 2002: He retired as Minister of
Law and Justice, Govt of India, on this day. |
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ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE |
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July 01, 2013: The UPA Government on this
day accepted before Supreme Court that National Democratic Alliance
Government led by Vajpayee has developed half the roads in last 32 years
in their 5-year term. |
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BIDHAN CHANDRA ROY |
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July 01 - Birth & Death Anniversary - Also DOCTORS' DAY |
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BRIJMOHAN LALL MUNJAL |
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July 01 - Birth Anniversary |
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CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH |
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July 01 - Birth Anniversary |
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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS DAY |
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July 01, 1949 - ICAI Founded. |
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CHINA - OPIUM WARS |
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July 01, 1997: The transfer of sovereignty
over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "the
Handover" internationally or "the Return" in China, took place on this
day. The landmark event marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. |
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TEJAS - LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT |
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July 01, 2016: The Tejas entered service with No. 45 Squadron IAF
(Flying Daggers) based at the Yelahanka Air Base at Bangalore on this
day before being moved to Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore. |
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HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA |
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July 01 - Birth Anniversary |
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INDIA - JOURNALISM - NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES |
SAMACHAR DARPAN: MUMBAI SAMACHAR:
July 01, 1822: Launching of Asia's
First Daily - Originally it was called
Mumbaina Samachar, launched by Fardoonji
Marzban in Bombay. |
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INDIA - KERALA STATE |
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July 01, 1949: The merger of two princely states of India,
Cochin and Travancore, into the state of
Thiru-Kochi in the Indian
Union on this day ended more than 1,000 years of princely rule
by the Cochin Royal Family. |
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INDIAN RAILWAYS - MISHAPS |
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July 01, 2014: A dacoity took place on
board the Janshatabdi express (Patna-Ranchi) Train in Bihar, India. More
than 300 passengers were looted. More than 30 armed dacoits looted of
gold worth several lakhs from passengers in the AC coaches. It happened
between Kodarma in Jharkhand and Gaya in Bihar. |
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INDIA POST |
July 01, 1852: First
half-Anna adhesive stamp released in Karachi, undivided India, under
Scinde Dawk system, which refers to a very old postal system of runners
that served the Indus Valley of Sindh, in pre-partition India. The term
also refers to the first postage stamps in Asia. Stamps were required
for the prepayment of postage, a basic feature of the new system.
July 01, 1879:
First postcard launched - This
day signifies the introduction of the first inland postcard priced at 1
Paisa in British India.
July 01, 1898:
The Indian Post Office Act
1898 became effective on this day regulating postal service. |
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INDIA - SPACE PROGRAMME
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System - IRNSS |
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July 01, 2013: IRNSS-1B
was launched. |
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INDIA - TAXATION Goods and Services tax (GST) |
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July 01, 2017:
The GST regime came into force on this day, all over India
excepting Jammu and Kashmir, which is yet to pass the GST
resolution in the assembly. |
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JAGJIVAN RAM |
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July 01, 1978: He retired as the Defence
Minister of India. |
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KALPANA CHAWLA |
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July 01 - Birth Anniversry (Official date of birth; the actual
date of her birth is March 17, 1962) |
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LAL KRISHNA ADVANI |
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July 01, 2002: He became the Minister of
Coal and Mines, Govt. of India. |
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MADAN LAL DHINGRA |
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July 01, 1909 - A large number of Indians and Englishmen had gathered to
attend the annual day function of the Indian National Association. There
he assassinated Sir Curzon Wyllie, political aide-de-camp to the
Secretary of State for India. |
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MORARJI DESAI |
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July 01, 1978: He became
the Minister of Home Affairs of India. |
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M. VENKAIAH NAIDU |
July 01 - Birth Anniversary
July 01, 2002 - Retired as Minister for Rural Development, Government of
India and became National President of BJP |
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| NARENDRA MODI |
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July 01, 2015 - He launched "Digital India Week" on this day |
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PURUSHOTTAM DAS TANDON |
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July 01 - Death Anniversary |
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S.R. RAO |
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July 01 - Birth Anniversary |
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STATE BANK OF INDIA |
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July 01, 1955 - Formed by merger of other banks with
Imperial Bank. |
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SUNANDA PUSHKAR |
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July 01, 2014 - AIIMS doctor Sudhir Gupta claimed that
he was pressured to give a false report in the case. |
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SURESH KALMADI |
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July 01, 2013: He lost the election for the
post of President of the Asian Athletics Association, a post which he
had held for 13 consecutive years. |
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VASANTRAO PHULSING NAIK |
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July 01 - Birth Anniversary |
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VIJAY MALLYA |
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July 01, 2010: He became
the member of the Rajya Sabha of the Indian Parliament. |
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WORLD WAR - I |
July 01, 1916: Start of the Battle of the Somme, with the
greatest number of casualties in British military history, 60,000
July 29, 1916: US marines land in Haiti
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