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Historical Event on 1/1/1978
Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1991 | M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly. |
| 8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
| 8/27/1952 | Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi. |
| 12/12/1991 | Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery. |
| 11/24/1941 | Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar. |
| 6/20/1992 | Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. |
| 4/9/1783 | Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. |
| 2/12/1993 | Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket. |
| 10/27/1998 | L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86. |
| 10/1/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
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