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Historical Event on 1/1/1978
Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/4/1932 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away. |
| 7/17/1930 | Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison. |
| 5/19/1982 | Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. |
| 4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
| 12/16/1999 | Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 12/16/1999 | Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants. |
| 12/8/1999 | The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation. |
| 9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 6/30/1755 | Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered. |
| 12/9/1999 | BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. |
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