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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 |
1/10/1996 | All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films. |
12/28/1928 | First talkie feature film 'Melody of Love' was released in India. The film was made by Universal Picture Corporation, America. It's premier was held at Elphinstone Picture Palace, Calcutta. |
12/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case. |
2/27/1956 | G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
7/27/1887 | Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born. |
2/25/1840 | Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born. |
3/1/1905 | Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born. |
7/6/1999 | The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault. |
3/9/1836 | Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born. |
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