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Historical Event on 1/8/1925

Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1973Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
9/4/1862Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
8/13/1953Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.