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Historical Event on 1/8/1965

Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
1/11/1986The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.