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Historical Event on 1/8/1941

Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1941Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
11/29/1959Govind Sakharam Serdesai, Jagirdar Raobahadur, passed away.
6/13/1992Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.
6/23/1661Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.