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Historical Event on 8/1/1953
All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1902 | Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria. |
| 11/3/1992 | Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 6/24/1991 | The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP. |
| 6/24/1946 | Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission. |
| 12/8/1994 | At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured. |
| 3/17/1995 | Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority. |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 11/14/1889 | Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957. |
| 12/19/1999 | The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga. |
| 7/24/1991 | Union budget imposes all-round price hike. |
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