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Historical Event on 1/8/1947

Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
6/1/1945Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
12/27/1992The Central government decides to acquire the disputed area in Ayodhya.
6/3/1992Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured in a road accident.
5/18/1775Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.