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Historical Event on 1/8/1993

Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
9/6/1774British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune.
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
6/7/1979Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
8/19/1910Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.