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Historical Event on 1/8/1995

Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
12/13/1899Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
9/24/1815John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.