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Historical Event on 1/8/1947

Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
11/20/1990Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
8/1/1879Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.