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Historical Event on 1/8/1908

Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1877Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
8/3/1930Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died.
8/13/1993All the TDP MLAs suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
3/2/1933Anandji, famous music director, was born.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
6/15/1907Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra).
7/6/1917Bhandarkar Prachyavidya Sanshodhak Mandir' was established.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.