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Historical Event on 1/8/1941

Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.

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5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
8/17/1997Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
12/10/1979Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
1/14/1851Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
2/19/1902Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.
9/10/1858Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
3/22/1933M.V.Nagendra, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1963-77, was born at Karnataka.