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Historical Event on 1/8/1995

Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
3/26/1989Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.
2/16/1968Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
2/16/1968Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
9/30/1908Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born.
8/19/1976Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh.
2/3/1900Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
3/9/1931The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.