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Historical Event on 1/8/1992
D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/28/1993 | A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested. |
| 12/20/1956 | Saint Gadgebaba died. |
| 12/8/1999 | The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation. |
| 8/3/1985 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte. |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
| 7/22/1702 | The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company. |
| 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. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 8/7/1906 | First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee. |
| 8/11/1999 | Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai. |
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