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Historical Event on 1/8/1941
Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/19/1910 | Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged. |
| 7/16/1909 | Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana. |
| 1/18/1994 | Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM. |
| 4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
| 9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948. |
| 2/17/1998 | Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering. |
| 3/4/1961 | First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 5/19/1796 | Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds. |
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