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Historical Event on 1/8/1890

Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1994Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
6/17/1756Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.