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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
2/3/1954	More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.
6/27/1839	Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away.
2/20/1968	First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
1/2/1990	Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
5/20/1992	Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.
10/10/1998	Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
12/15/1997	Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
12/9/1989	Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
12/8/1992	World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.
12/5/1992	Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.

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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.

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.