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Historical Event on 1/8/1995
ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1998 | The Samajwadi Party candidate for the Motihari Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Devendra Nath Dubey, is shot dead at Baniarpur in Patna. |
| 10/2/1998 | Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997. |
| 9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 8/20/1988 | Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed. |
| 1/29/1993 | Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman. |
| 8/13/1784 | East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England. |
| 1/6/1932 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born. |
| 10/30/1999 | G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, former Election Commissioner, seeks enhanced security in the wake of threats to his life. |
| 2/13/1719 | Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after. |
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