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Historical Event on 1/8/1993

Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/23/1926Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
5/12/1984Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
11/21/1999The Centre retired two members of the Prasar Bharati Board, Ms. Romila Thapar, eminent historian and Mr. Rajendra Yadav.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.