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Historical Event on 1/8/1973

Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
4/16/1991President's rule imposed in Haryana.
5/14/1976Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.
4/1/1992The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
2/3/1983Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
4/17/1946Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
9/17/1934Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts.
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.