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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
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.
12/26/1978Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.