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Historical Event on 1/8/1992
Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 7/24/1985 | Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab. |
| 6/11/1931 | Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born. |
| 6/11/1931 | Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet. |
| 10/12/1990 | Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene. |
| 6/21/1997 | Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore. |
| 2/22/1977 | Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled. |
| 9/1/1928 | Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur. |
| 12/12/1930 | Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods. |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
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