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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
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
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4/2/1948Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.
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3/18/1896Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, was born at Amgaon, District Narsinghpur.
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4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
12/6/1732Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.