02 June in the pages of history: India's most educated person died, he had obtained 20 degrees

Shrikant Jichkar, an Indian central civil servant who at the age of 26 was the youngest member of the Legislative Assembly in the country and created a record by obtaining degrees from 20 universities, died on 2 June 2004. He died after his car was hit by a truck near Kondhali, about 61 km from Nagpur.

Born on 14 September 1954 in a Marathi family, Shrikant Jichkar's first degree was in Medicine (MBBS and MD from Nagpur), after which he obtained Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Laws in International Law, Master of Business Administration, Doctorate in Business Management, Bachelor of Journalism, Doctorate in Literature in Sanskrit and ten Master of Arts degrees in Public Administration, Sociology, Economics, Sanskrit, History, English Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology and Psychology. Most of his degrees were with First Merit, he received many Gold Medals for his degrees.

In 1978 he appeared in the Indian Civil Services Examination, following which he was selected as a central civil servant under the Indian Police Service cadre. He later resigned from the cadre and appeared in the civil services examination in 1980 to become a central civil servant under the Indian Administrative Service cadre. Four months after joining, he resigned once again to contest his first general election, where he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, becoming the youngest MLA in the country at the age of 26.

Other important events:

1996 – Ukraine became a nuclear-free country after surrendering its last nuclear weapons to Russia.

1999 – High level talks agreed between South and North Korea, TV broadcasting started in Bhutan.

2000 – Pakistan court accepts Nawaz Sharif's plea to commute his life sentence to death

2003 – All educational institutions in the country were closed after the arrest of Myanmar's democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

2004 – Australian model Jennifer Hawkins became Miss Universe.

2005 – Vladivostok summit of India, Russia and China concludes.

2006 – America imposed sanctions on Dawood Ibrahim and his organization.

2008 – Tata Motors Limited completed the deal of acquisition of two brands 'Jaguar' and 'Land Rover' of Ford Motor Company.

Birth

1963 – Natarajan Chandrasekhar – Indian businessman.

1961 – Tamilisai Soundararajan – Bharatiya Janata Party politician.

1930 – Babulal Gaur – Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

1943 – Ilaiyaraaja – Famous Indian film music composer, lyricist and singer.

1951 – Anant Geete- famous politician.

1955 – Mani Ratnam – is one of the famous film producer-directors of India.

1955 – Nandan Nilekani – Indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat, leader and one of the co-founding members of the famous software company 'Infosys'.

1980 – Dola Banerjee – Female archer.

1932 – Balbir Singh Junior – Former player of the Indian hockey team.

death

2004 – Shrikant Jichkar – He was such a qualified person of India who had received education in 42 universities.

1984 – Vishwanath Das – Indian politician and Chief Minister of Orissa state of British India.

1988 – Raj Kapoor – Indian producer, director, actor.

1978 – Pran Krishna Parija – Famous Indian scientist honored with 'Padma Bhushan'.