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Historical Event on 3/8/1948
Air India International was established for overseas services.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1916 | Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 8/15/1772 | Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
| 7/31/1992 | Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award. |
| 11/18/1948 | Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna. |
| 6/9/1992 | Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP. |
| 5/1/2000 | Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta. |
| 12/17/1978 | Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died. |
| 3/8/1921 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born. |
| 11/30/2000 | Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. |
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