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Historical Event on 1/8/1925
Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/1997 | 12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi. |
| 8/4/1936 | Indian Government Act was approved by the king. |
| 3/25/1997 | Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 12/8/1911 | Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa. |
| 12/29/1927 | Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died. |
| 9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
| 12/14/1955 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay. |
| 8/27/1604 | Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
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