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Historical Event on 1/8/1908

Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
3/1/1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.
4/17/1904Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman, Right Arm Bowler and played 3 matches, was born at Karachi.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
6/13/1995India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact.
6/23/1895Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.