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Historical Event on 1/1/1978
Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1859 | Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away. |
| 4/14/1916 | Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/22/1940 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 5/7/1912 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born. |
| 8/8/1990 | Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died. |
| 7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
| 2/20/1968 | Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay. |
| 3/28/1991 | Chautala asked by Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the house. |
| 4/7/1986 | Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa. |
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