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Historical Event on 1/8/1906
Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/28/1952 | The war between Japan and India ended. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 2/21/1979 | Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
| 11/5/1945 | Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi. |
| 10/14/1947 | Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
| 10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
| 12/9/1993 | Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 12/12/2000 | A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001. |
| 3/5/1699 | Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne. |
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