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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 |
| 8/5/1939 | In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay. |
| 7/29/1996 | Aruna Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and player of important role in Quit India Movement, passed away in New Delhi. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 10/27/1997 | UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members. |
| 5/27/1857 | Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur. |
| 1/16/1818 | The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad. |
| 3/22/1971 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away. |
| 4/4/1987 | Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away. |
| 3/8/1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 12/6/1997 | Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala. |
| 4/5/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
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