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Historical Event on 1/8/1947

Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.

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1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
2/6/1932Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.
3/9/1998Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
5/3/1945Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon.
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.