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Historical Event on 7/1/1984

Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
9/15/1912Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
10/22/1997Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
5/17/1865Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.