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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 |
| 11/16/1995 | The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion. |
| 11/21/1991 | R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants. |
| 6/13/1932 | Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died. |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856 |
| 7/2/1757 | Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar. |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
| 3/1/1998 | Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born. |
| 11/9/1924 | Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born. |
| 7/16/1992 | Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President. |
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