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Historical Event on 1/8/1987

P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1909Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati.
1/15/1988Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
6/7/1974Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
6/18/1887Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar.
8/15/1985Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.