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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
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.
7/16/1992Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died.
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
11/14/1993Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
11/17/1999India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".
7/18/1994Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.