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Historical Event on 1/1/1978

Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
12/13/1772Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
10/6/1992Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
3/1/1962Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.