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Historical Event on 1/8/1965
Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.

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11/7/1966	Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives.
3/17/1999	GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
5/25/1999	India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
9/11/1999	India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
1/5/1985	Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
11/15/1830	Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
5/21/1996	M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
3/31/1992	The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
12/28/1885	Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee.
5/22/1997	At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.

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Historical Event on 1/8/1965 Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.

Historical Event on 1/8/1965
Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.