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Historical Event on 7/1/1985

Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
8/7/1934Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
1/23/1927Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born.
8/3/1957Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
7/9/1992The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam.