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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
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
3/1/1968Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.
3/9/1990Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
3/3/1967India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
3/19/1972India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.