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Historical Event on 1/8/1941

Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1976Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
1/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
12/30/1929The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
2/27/1956G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.