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Historical Event on 1/8/1995

Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
3/8/1930Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.
3/12/1944No. 7 Squadron, which had flown its Vengeances on some missions against dissident tribesmen in North Waziristan, started operations in the Arakan from an airstrip at Uderbund near Kumbigram.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
11/16/1835Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19).
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
1/31/1998D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98).
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
2/21/1997Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.