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Historical Event on 1/8/1965
Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/25/1954 | 14 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 10/28/1962 | US pledges to rush arms to India. |
| 4/23/2000 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy. |
| 7/6/2000 | India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border. |
| 10/29/1996 | Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'. |
| 8/30/1994 | The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls. |
| 10/18/2000 | Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river. |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 1/9/1918 | Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born. |
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