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What Happened this Day in India History Events.
| 1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, sister of former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was born. |
| 1934 | The film director, lyricist and poet Gulzar was born. |
| 1940 | For the first time, the weather map was broadcast on television. |
| 1945 | The great freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chand Bose was badly injured in a plane crash in Taihoku, Taiwan, later died in a military hospital. |
| 1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was established in Kharagpur. |
| 1872 | Birth of Pandit Vishnu Digambar, the great musician of Maharashtra. Despite being blind, he achieved memorable achievements in the field of music. |
| 1800 | Governor General Lord Vallejali established Fort William College in Calcutta. |
| 1956 | Indian cricketer Sandeep Patil was born in Mumbai. He scored 1588 runs in 29 Test matches. |
| 2008 | The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh announced the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations in 2008. |
| 2010 | In 2010, TVS Electronics included a rupee symbol just above the tab in its new key board called 'TVS Gold Bharat'. |
| 1700 | Bajirao I, the great general of the Maratha Empire, was born on 1700. |
| 1227 | Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, died in 1227. |
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