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Historical Event on 9/1/1988

Fatte Singrao Gaekwad of Baroda, former Member of Parliament, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1991Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
5/29/1987Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
8/8/1949India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
2/21/1990The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90).
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.