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Historical Event on 01/08/1025
Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1981 | India performs nuclear Test. |
| 1/1/1966 | Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away. |
| 8/16/1886 | Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple. |
| 12/21/1952 | Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour. |
| 4/27/1907 | Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 11/9/1967 | Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded. |
| 3/26/1997 | Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda. |
| 10/26/1981 | Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died. |
| 4/28/1996 | EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states. |
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