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Historical Event on 3/1/1985

Rajendra Sethia, the biggest personal bankrupt ever, arrested in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
9/18/1932A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.