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Historical Event on 1/8/1992

Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1994Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
2/1/1797Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
12/6/1732Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
1/6/1999Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.