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Historical Event on 1/8/1992

Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1966Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967.
5/4/1935Dalip Kaur Tiwana, great educationist and writer, was born in Ribbon village, Punjab.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
4/11/1992Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office.
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
12/27/1911Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta.
9/27/1972Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.