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Historical Event on 1/8/1995
ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
| 1/9/1935 | Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 4/10/1996 | Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India. |
| 11/6/1996 | India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai. |
| 10/31/1895 | Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur. |
| 5/31/1970 | Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to. |
| 5/31/1970 | Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar. |
| 1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
| 2/1/1942 | Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment. |
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