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Historical Event on 8/1/1952

Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.