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Historical Event on 1/8/1908
Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/25/1932 | Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 5/9/1933 | Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances. |
| 4/22/1958 | Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff. |
| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
| 1/14/1980 | Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984. |
| 1/25/1917 | Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur. |
| 2/18/1899 | Jainarain Vyas, leader, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He played a leading role in creating united Rajasthan by integration of various states of Rajputana. He was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1951 to 1954. |
| 5/13/1883 | Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 8/5/1991 | Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court. |
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