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                                           1-31 JANUARY 2019



Important Dates:-

      1)     1st January - The Defence Research and Development Organisation                                                                         (DRDO) day. [रक्षा  अनुसन्धान एवं विकास संगठन दिवस]
     2)      4th January - The World Braille Day.
     3)      10th January - The World Hindi day.
     4)      12th January - National Youth Day (युवा दिवस).
     5)      15th January - The 71st Army day.
     6)      19th January - 14th Raising Day of The National Disaster Response Force                                                                (NDRF) [राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रतिक्रिया बल]
     7)      21st January - Statehood day of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura.
     8)      24th January - The National girl child day.
     9)     27th January  -    Anti-Leprosy Day.

   10)      24th January - 69th foundation day of U.P
   11)   25th January - National Voters Day & 49th Statehood Day of Himachal Pradesh.

Obituaries:-

    1)      Kader Khan (actor-writer)
    2)      Ramakant Achrekar (Sachin Tendulkar's childhood coach cricket coach)
    3)      C H Lokanath (Kannada actor)
    4)      Dibyendu Palit (Bengali writer)
    5)      Meera Sanyal (Banker-turned politician AAP leader)
    6)      Masazo Nonaka[Japan] (The world's oldest man)
    7)      Mary Oliver (The Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet)
    8)      Shivajirao Deshmukh (Senior Congress leader and former chairman of Maharashtra                                                   Legislative Council & Revenue Minister)
    9)      Lenin Rajendran (Malayalam director & screenwriter)
  10)   Pocharam Srinivas Reddy (Speaker of Telangana)
  11)   Vishnu Hari Dalmia( Former president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP))
  12)   Shivakumar Swami (popularly known as 'walking God')
  13)   Raghbir Singh Bhola (Former India hockey player)
  14)   Gopinath Kochattil (Senior journalist)
  15)   Krishna Sobti (Hindi writer)
  16)   Russell Baker (writer)
  17)   Michel Legrand (Oscar-winning French composer)
  18)   George Fernandes (Former Defence Minister)

                                            1-28 FEBRUARY 2019

Important Dates:-

    1)      2nd February - The 8th annual pulicat day.
    2)      4th February - The world cancer day & 71st Independence Day of Sri Lanka.
    3)      6th February - International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).  
    4)      10th February - The first-ever World Pulses Day.  
    5)      11th February - International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
    6)      12th February - The National Productivity Day. 
    7)      13th February - The World Radio Day (WRD).
     8)     19th February - The birth anniversary of Maratha Warrior King ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’
     9)     20th February - The United Nations' (UN) World Day of Social Justice(Theme - " If You Want                                                 Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice”[यदि आप शांति और 
                         विकास चहाते है, तो सामाजिक न्याय के लिए कार्य करे])
   10) 21st February - International Mother Language Day(theme - ‘Indigenous Languages as a factor in                                    development,  peace and reconciliation’[विकास,शांति और समन्व्ये के                          कारक के रूप में स्वदेशी भाषा])
   11) 24th February - Central Excise Day[केंद्रीय उत्पाद शुल्क दिवस].
   12) 24th February - National Science Day. (Theme "Science for the People and the People for                              Science[लोगो के लिए विज्ञान और विज्ञान के लिए लोग])

Obituaries:-

    1)      Mr. Hiten Bhaya (Former Planning Commission member)
    2)      Ramesh Bhatkar (Marathi actor) 
    3)      Ladu Kishore Swain (Odisha MP)
    4)      Gardon Banks (Goalkeeper Of England)
    5)      Mahesh Anand (actor)
    6)      John Dingell (The longest-serving congressman in US history)
    7)      Manfred Eigen (German scientist won Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
    8)      Manfred Eigen(Nobel Prize winner German scientist)
    9)      Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (Former Afghan Mujahedeen commander)
  10)     Andrea Levy (Bestselling British Author)
  11)     Vishnu Wagh (writer, ex-Goa deputy speaker)
  12)    Karl Lagerfeld (Iconic German Fashion Designer)
  13)    Wallace Smith Broecker (Climate scientist)
  14)    Prof. Namvar Singh (Hindi Writer)
  15)    Pratik Choudhury (Bengali singer)
  16)    Raj Kumar Barjatya. (Bollywood producer)
  17)    S Rajendran (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Member of  
                                      Parliament (MP).)        
  18)   Rabindra Adhikari (Nepal’s Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister killed in helicopter crash in Nepal)


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