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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 |
| 3/27/1997 | 40 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45. |
| 8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
| 12/22/1999 | The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs. |
| 2/12/1742 | Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born. |
| 9/19/1997 | India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too. |
| 1/15/1947 | Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India. |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 4/24/1980 | Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 11/10/1968 | Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati. |
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