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Historical Event on 1/8/1984

Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1877Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born.
2/2/1964Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
6/10/1833Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born.
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
12/17/1970Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971.
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.