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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 |
11/11/1906 | Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras. |
2/21/1993 | Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity. |
11/1/1999 | Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General. |
4/14/1891 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra. |
2/8/1912 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away. |
3/29/1978 | Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away. |
8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
12/28/1892 | Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born. |
9/19/1937 | Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away. |
12/28/1930 | Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to prevent an illegal flag-salutation ceremony at Bombay. |
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