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Historical Event on 1/8/1992

Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1976Aliyawar Jung, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
12/22/1994Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
5/20/1957Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad.
5/9/1959Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away.
1/12/1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
8/17/199220 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
10/25/1990Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died.
8/20/1921The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala.