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Historical Event on 1/8/1941

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1927Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.
9/12/1994UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
9/14/1992The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered.
6/1/1997Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
4/4/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.