Historical Events on February 1.

1.   World Hijab Day

2.  1797, 1st Feb: Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor-General of Bengal.

3.  1835, 1st Feb: End of slavery in Mauritius.

4.  1835, 1st Feb: East India Company leased the Darjeeling region from Sikkim.

5.  1884, 1st Feb: Publication of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

6.  1893, 1st Feb: Thomas Edison completed his first film.

7.  1946, 1st Feb: Hungary’s parliament approved the abolition of a nine-century monarchy and the establishment of a republic.

8.  1956, 1st Feb: Sudhi Ranjan Das became the 5th Chief Justice of India.

9.  1964, 1st Feb: P. B. Gajendragadkar becomes the 7th Chief Justice of India.

10.  1972, 1st Feb: Formation of International Airport Authority of India.

11.  1977, 1st Feb: Indian Navy Coast Guard formed.

12.  1979, 1st Feb: Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran after 15 years in exile.

13.  1981, 1st Feb: In a One-Day cricket match between Australia and New Zealand, when New Zealand needed six runs off the last ball, Greg Chappell asked his brother Trevor Chappell to throw an underarm ball. Trevor bowled the ball to Chappell and Australia won the match but then underarm bowling was declared illegal after that match.

14.  1992, 1st Feb: Bhopal Chief Justice declared Warren Anderson, chief executive officer of Union Carbide, a fugitive.

15.  2002, 1st Feb: Terrorists beheaded American journalist Daniel Pearl.

16.  2003, 1st Feb: Columbia space shuttle exploded while returning from space, killing six astronauts, including Kalpana Chawla of Indian descent.

17.  2013, 1st Feb: World Hijab Day is an annual event founded by Nazma Khan.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 1.

1.   1914: A. K. Hangal, an Indian freedom fighter, and actor.

2.  1956: Brahmanandam, an Indian film actor and comedian, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. 

3.  1957: Jackie Shroff, an Indian actor. 

4.  1971: Manoj Tiwari, an Indian politician, singer, and actor.

5.  1971: Ajay Jadeja, an Indian former professional cricketer.

6.  1982: Shoaib Malik, a Pakistani cricketer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 1.

1.   1976: Werner Karl Heisenberg, a German theoretical physicist and one of the key pioneers of quantum mechanics. 

2.  1982: Pandit Raghunath Murmu, an Indian Santali writer and educator.

3.  2003: Kalpana Chawla, an American astronaut, engineer, and the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.

4.  2013: Shanu Lahiri, a Bengali painter, and art educator.