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Historical Event on 1/8/1965

Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1913Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi.
12/10/1989Janardan Swami passed away.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
4/28/1945Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
7/22/1678Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore.