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Historical Event on 1/8/1925

The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
1/22/1901Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
9/21/1862Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.
12/11/1922Dilip Kumar, famous film actor, was born.
4/29/1960Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
7/31/1990Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.