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Historical Event on 1/8/1994

Kamkothi Parmacharya Shri Chandrashekhar Saraswati, 68th Shankaracharya of Kanchi maat and Indian Saint, passed away at the the of 99.

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7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
1/26/1930Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day.
5/12/1998Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
1/22/1971Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973.
1/31/1992LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
7/17/1992Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.