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Historical Event on 1/8/1984

Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1936Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
5/18/1901Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca).
9/3/1916Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement.
4/15/1932Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.