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Historical Event on 1/8/1956
Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of 'Maharashtra Drama Group' (Maharashtra Natak Mandali), died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1992 | Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her. |
| 6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
| 10/10/1896 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 8/1/1997 | Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30. |
| 1/3/1836 | Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia. |
| 1/6/1980 | In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections. |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
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