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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
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
11/1/1858Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
1/21/1943Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.