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Historical Event on 1/8/1987
P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/28/1999 | Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala. |
| 12/21/1990 | Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively. |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 6/7/1996 | Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole. |
| 9/24/1995 | Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University. |
| 9/10/1887 | Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
| 5/29/1933 | Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'. |
| 4/6/1906 | Kaveri Bhaskar Karve, teacher and author, was born at Harnai, Ratnagiri, . |
| 7/23/1997 | India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
| 7/30/1991 | Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died. |
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