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Historical Event on 1/8/1995

Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1947Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.
6/20/1996Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
4/15/1994India signed `GAT' agreement.
1/11/1994Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.
8/8/2000Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.