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Historical Event on 1/8/1956
Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of 'Maharashtra Drama Group' (Maharashtra Natak Mandali), died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1901 | B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931). |
| 7/20/1969 | Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President. |
| 7/31/1993 | Transport operators begin nation-wide strike. |
| 1/6/1972 | America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean. |
| 10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
| 1/18/1985 | Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held. |
| 5/10/1905 | Pankaj Malik, music director, was born. |
| 2/1/1894 | Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born. |
| 4/14/1989 | Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
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